Social Capital and Hit-and-Run Road Accidents: Evidence from Italy

Stefano Castriota (), Sandro Rondinella () and Mirco Tonin ()
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Stefano Castriota: University of Pisa
Sandro Rondinella: University of Calabria
Mirco Tonin: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, 2025, vol. 11, issue 1, No 12, 360 pages

Abstract: Abstract We use data on Italian road accidents involving pedestrians in the period 2000–2016 to study the link between social capital and the driver’s decision to flee. Running away is a serious crime which affects the victim’s probability to survive after the accident. We merge detailed police records on road accidents with data on social capital at the province level and find a strong negative correlation between social capital and the decision to run away. The analysis is in line with previous studies suggesting that social capital is an important driver of human behaviour even in situations characterized by strict time constraints and dramatic psychological conditions.

Keywords: Social capital; Crime; Hit-and-run; Road accidents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 K42 R41 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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