L'impresa mafiosa: i risultati economici della criminalità organizzata e il ruolo delle politiche pubbliche

Suppa, Alberto (2008): L'impresa mafiosa: i risultati economici della criminalità organizzata e il ruolo delle politiche pubbliche. Published in: notizie di POLITEIA No. 89 ISSN 1128-2401 (2008): pp. 351-360.

Abstract

The Tenth Annual Report published by "Sos Impresa", an Antiracket Association, notices that the organized crime is ah heavy "ballast" in the Southern Italian Economy: "Mafia Business makes annual revenues for 90 mln €, about the 6% ofItalian GDP". This work presents a reading of the organized crime under two perspectives: on one hand, the Becker's theory suggests an important role of the public security expending in the battle between the State and organized crime; on the other hand, the trust that Mafia tries toimpose in market relations, according Zamagni and Sen's contributes, makes Mafia an important social player in many economic backward countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Mafia Business: economic performances of the organised crime and the role of the public policies
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: Mafia, organized crime, trust, conflict, Southern Italy, Amartya Sen, Gary becker, Calabria, Sicilia, Adam Smith,monopoly
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H50 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General; D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D20 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A11 - Role of Economics ; Role of Economists ; Market for Economists; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A14 - Sociology of Economics

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