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Mafia Firms and Aftermaths

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  • Maria Rosaria Alfano

    (Università degli Studi della Campania)

  • Claudia Cantabene

    (Università degli Studi della Campania)

  • Damiano Bruno Silipo

    (Università della Calabria)

Abstract

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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  • Maria Rosaria Alfano & Claudia Cantabene & Damiano Bruno Silipo, 2019. "Mafia Firms and Aftermaths," Working Papers 2019.21, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femwpa:2019.21
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    Keywords

    Organized Crime; Mafia Firm; Mafia and Development;
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    JEL classification:

    • 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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