Measuring the presence of organized crime across Italian provinces: a sensitivity analysis

Giovanni Bernardo, Irene Brunetti (), Mehmet Pinar and Thanasis Stengos
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Irene Brunetti: National Institute for Public Policies Analysis

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, vol. 51, issue 1, No 2, 95 pages

Abstract: Abstract The existing literature identifies different indicators to construct organized crime indices and places equal importance to different concepts of organized crime. This paper examines the sensitivity of organized crime across Italian provinces when different set of indicators and weights are used to combine crime indicators. Our findings suggest that there is a remarkable variation in the distribution of organized crime across Italian provinces based on the choice of indicators and the importance given to different crime indicators. It is also found that the relationship of organized crime with socioeconomic and political factors varies depending on the normative choices made in the construction of an organized crime index.

Keywords: Organized crime; Composite index; Italian provinces; Mafia; Stochastic dominance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C14 C15 K49 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-020-09676-0

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