Exposing politicians’ ties to criminal organizations: the effects of local government dissolutions on electoral outcomes in southern Italian municipalities
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Keywords
Political accountability; voter turnout; elections; mafia; tax compliance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- H89 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Other
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2016-01-03 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-LAW-2016-01-03 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-POL-2016-01-03 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2016-01-03 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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