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I costi della criminalità organizzata nel settore agroalimentare italiano

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From the 1990s the Italian agribusiness sector is threatened by a disturbing phenomenon: organized crime in the agribusiness sector.. In this paper we examine the relationship between eco-criminal pressure and consumer food and non-alcoholic drinks price index for the 20 Italian regions and 80 Italian provinces. At regional level, as a proxy for eco-mafia’s activities we build an ad hoc eco-criminal index using data from Legambiente. At the province level we use four variables: extortions, counterfeiting, contraband and woods fire. The analysis shows that the eco-mafia can consistently affect the whole agribusiness sector, causing an increase in food prices, especially in the South of the country. By contrast, in the Centre-North of Italy, money laundering seems to reduce food prices for consumers through the reinvestment of illicit proceeds in firms with strong cost advantages.

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  • Gaetano Perone, 2018. "I costi della criminalità organizzata nel settore agroalimentare italiano," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 71(281), pages 37-66.
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    Keywords

    cost of crime; agro-mafia; money laundering; food prices;
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    JEL classification:

    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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