Industrial clusters, organized crime, and productivity growth in Italian SMEs

Roberto Ganau and Andrés Rodríguez†Pose

Journal of Regional Science, 2018, vol. 58, issue 2, 363-385

Abstract: We examine whether organized crime affects firms’ performance (defined using Total Factor Productivity growth) both directly and indirectly, by downsizing the positive externalities arising from the geographic concentration of (intra†and inter†industry) market†related firms. The analysis uses a large sample of Italian small†and medium†sized manufacturing firms over the period 2010–2013. The results highlight the negative direct effects of organized crime on firms’ productivity growth. Any positive effect derived from industrial clustering is thoroughly debilitated by a strong presence of organized crime, and the negative moderation effect of organized crime on productivity growth is greater for smaller than for larger firms.

Date: 2018
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (26)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12354

Related works:
Working Paper: Industrial Clusters, Organized Crime and Productivity Growth in Italian SMEs (2017)
Working Paper: Industrial Clusters, Organized Crime and Productivity Growth in Italian SMEs (2017)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jregsc:v:58:y:2018:i:2:p:363-385

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=0022-4146

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Regional Science is currently edited by Marlon G. Boarnet, Matthew Kahn and Mark D. Partridge

More articles in Journal of Regional Science from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().