From Sicilian mafia to Chinese "scam villages"

Yan, Jeff (2019) From Sicilian mafia to Chinese "scam villages". Other. arXiv.org, Ithaca, N.Y.. (https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.03108)

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Abstract

Inspired by Gambetta's theory on the origins of the mafia in Sicily, we report a geo-concentrating phenomenon of scams in China, and propose a novel economic explanation. Our analysis has some policy implications.