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Mafia Firms and Aftermaths

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  • Alfano, Maria Rosaria
  • Cantabene, Claudia
  • Silipo, Damiano Bruno

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We use a unique and unexplored dataset to investigate the determinants and effects of mafia firms in Italy. Mafia may use several tools to expand its firms. However, in this paper, we show that they prefer political corruption to violence to expand mafia firms. In particular, they use the latter more to build up their reputation in new established regions. Mafia firms hamper entrepreneurial activity but they can have beneficial effects on unemployment if mafia firms add to not substitute current economic activities. Policy makers should take account of this twofold effects of mafia firms.

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  • Alfano, Maria Rosaria & Cantabene, Claudia & Silipo, Damiano Bruno, "undated". "Mafia Firms and Aftermaths," ETA: Economic Theory and Applications 294194, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:feemth:294194
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.294194
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    1. Antonio Acconcia & Elisa Scarinzi, 2022. "The Effects of Local Demand and Supply Restrictions on Markup," CSEF Working Papers 635, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy, revised 17 Mar 2022.

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    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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