The Economic Costs of Organised Crime: Evidence from Southern Italy
The Economic Costs of Organised Crime: Evidence from Southern Italy
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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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I examine the post-war economic development of two regions in southern Italy exposed to mafia activity after the 1970s and apply synthetic control methods to estimate their economic performance in the absence of organised crime. The comparison of actual and counterfactual development shows that the presence of mafia lowers GDP per capita by 16%. Ev...
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The Economic Costs of Organised Crime: Evidence from Southern Italy
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1705978733
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1705978733
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0013-0133
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1468-0297
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10.1111/ecoj.12235
