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Organized crime and public spending: a panel data analysis

2018

The aim of this paper is to investigate, empirically, what components of public spending imply a decreasing effect on organized crime and what components create opportunities for organized crime, discussing also the role of government efficiency. Using a panel data analysis, the results show a strikingly consistent pattern for the EU Member States. Organized crime mainly operates in the distribution of government spending for local public goods and public provision of private services. There is a decreasing effect on organized crime of the public expenditure devoted to education and social policy. Government efficiency in public spending is beneficial to limit the opportunities of the organ…

Government spendingGovernmentPublic economicsPublic expenditure05 social sciencesComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTINGPublic expenditurePublic goodGovernment efficiencyOrganized crimeSettore SECS-P/03 - Scienza Delle Finanze0502 economics and business050501 criminologyBusinessOrganised crime050207 economicsBusiness and International ManagementPanel data regressionGeneral Economics Econometrics and Finance0505 lawSocial policyPublic financePanel data
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC SPENDING DECOMPOSITION ON ORGANIZED CRIME

2016

The aim of this paper is to investigate, empirically, what components of the public spending imply a decreasing effect on the organized crime and what components create opportunities for the organized crime, discussing also the role of government effciency. The findings show a strikingly consistent pattern. Organized crime mainly operates in the distribution of the public spending for health, housing and community amenities. There is a decreasing effect on organized crime of the public expenditure devoted to education and to create morality values, such as the expenditure for recreation, culture and religion. Finally, government efficiency in public spending is beneficial for reducing the o…

organized crimeSettore SECS-P/03 - Scienza Delle FinanzeGovernment efficiency; organized crime; public spending.public spending.Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia ApplicataGovernment efficiency
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