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Mafia in the Ballot Box

Published:2017-08-01 Issue:3 Volume:9 Page:134-167
ISSN:1945-7731
Container-title:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Author:

De Feo Giuseppe¹,De Luca Giacomo Davide²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, 199 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0QU, UK (email: )

2. University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK and LICOS, KU Leuven, Waaistraat 6, 3000, Leuven, Belgium (email: )

Abstract

We study the impact of organized crime on electoral results, analyzing in detail the national parliamentary elections in Sicily for the period 1946–1992. We document the significant support given by the Sicilian mafia to the Christian Democratic Party when the electoral competition by the Communist Party strengthened. We also provide suggestive evidence that, in exchange for its electoral support, the mafia obtained economic advantages in the construction sector. (JEL D72, K42, L74)

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/pol.20150551

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