… In this article, we provide evidence on output multiplier effects of government purchases at
a local level, relying on a quasi-experiment. Focusing on public investment in Italian provinces…

… Importantly, I find that mafia-infiltrated municipalities are … a municipality affects public spending
in neighboring municipalities. … Mafia and public spending: Evidence on the fiscal multiplier …

… Specifically, we seek to determine whether the presence of the Mafia affects public
spending using … Mafia and public spending: Evidence on the fiscal multiplier from a quasi-experiment. …

… mafia infiltration and not for other reasons. Overall, this analysis provides a new empirical
evidence … First, I evaluate whether council dismissal in a municipality affects public spending of …

… of public spending caused by mafia influence before the policy. Footnote 12 In turn, the
anti-mafia … and the composition of municipal spending (and thus the share of public services). For …

… in public spending triggered by the dismissal of Italian province governments suspected of
mafia infiltration and estimate local multipliers … fiscal multipliers when government spending is …

… This section provides evidence that CCDs weaken the Mafia and that this is the primary
channel through which CCDs generate long-run economic development.First, CCDs lead to the …

… spillover effects : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Italy … are assigned because of mafia
infiltration and not for other reasons… in a municipality affects public spending of neighboring mu…

… evidence compatible with the hypothesis that increasing the corruption costs through city
council dismissal reduces mafias… of Law 164 in preserving public safety against mafias. This is …

… This paper estimates local fiscal multipliers for green and non-green public works in Italian
… a fiscal shock by taking the variation of the difference between actual and budgeted spending…