全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP16732 Does Organized Crime Attract EU Funding? Evidence from the Sicilian Mafia

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP16732
	DP16732 Does Organized Crime Attract EU Funding? Evidence from the Sicilian Mafia
	Marlene Thomas; Joao Pereira dos Santos; José Tavares
发表日期	2021-11-18
出版年	2021
语种	英语
摘要	This study examines the impact of the Sicilian Mafia on the allocation of European Union (EU) funding. Our focus is on the number of EU projects and the amount of EU funds awarded to Sicilian municipalities between 2007 and 2019. Mafia activity is proxied by real estate assets seized from organized crime, and instrumented by either geographical shifters of land value, or geographical pointers of Mafia´s historical roots as of the end of the 19th century. We find that Mafia presence increases the amount of EU funds and the number of EU projects assigned to municipalities. Our results are consistent across instrumental variables used, as well as type of EU projects - namely infrastructure, goods and services, grants to individuals, and incentives to firms, and robust to different tests. Our findings suggest that local institutions – including the prevalence of organized crime, affect how place-based policies – even those originating in international institutions such as the EU, are allocated.
主题	Public Economics
关键词	Eu funds Organized crime Public funds misappropriation Sicily
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp16732
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545667
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marlene Thomas,Joao Pereira dos Santos,José Tavares. DP16732 Does Organized Crime Attract EU Funding? Evidence from the Sicilian Mafia. 2021.