Organized Crime and Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities Infiltrated by the Mafia
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Fenizia, Alessandra; Saggio, Raffaele
署名单位：
George Washington University; University of British Columbia; National Bureau of Economic Research
刊物名称：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0002-8282
DOI：
10.1257/aer.20221687
发表日期：
2024
页码：
2171-2200
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摘要：
Organized crime has large economic and social costs. Hundreds of millions of people live in areas controlled by criminal organizations (Blattman et al. 2021 ). Thousands more are regularly displaced by the violence that accompanies these organizations (Daniele, Le Moglie, and Masera 2020 ). Organized crime thrives on illegal activities (Sviatschi 2022 ), preys on healthy businesses (Mirenda, Mocetti, and Rizzica 2022 ), weakens competition and innovation among firms (Slutzky and Zeume 2019 ), and ultimately hinders economic growth (Pinotti 2015a, b; UNICRI 2016 ). While studies have documented its origin (Acemoglu, De Feo, and De Luca 2019; Bandiera 2003 ) and spread (Alesina, Piccolo, and Pinotti 2018; Sviatschi 2020; Mirenda, Mocetti, and Rizzica 2022 ), much less is known on how the state can regain control and reassert legitimacy in areas where criminal organizations have been active for years, if not centuries. Even less is known about whether attempts to remove organized crime would ultimately manifest in long-run economic development.
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