Abstract This paper employs provincial data to study the relationship between several crime typologies, namely murder, robbery, extortion and fraud, and economic output in Italy. We employ a spatial econometric approach where the spatial proximity is defined by a measure of physical distance between locations, in order to take into account possible spill-over effects. The results of the spatial estimation suggest that criminal activities, namely murder and robbery, exhibit a negative impact on Italian gross domestic product while fraud and total crime do not affect economic output and that there are beneficial spill-overs from neighbouring provinces.
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Titolo: | The economic consequences of crime in Italy |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11388/83813 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |