Manifesto and Research Frontiers for a Renaissance in Economics

On June 20th, 2024, the units of the University of Messina and the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria presented the preliminary results of the project during the international conference Manifesto and Research Frontiers for a Renaissance in Economics, held at the University of Perugia. During the organized session Under the Grip of Organized Crime: Maintaining Firm Performance in a Hostile Environmentthe following paper have been presented:

  • “From News to Knowledge: Decoding Organized Crime’s Footprint in Italy Through Text
    Mining”. Authors: Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo, Paolo Mustica;
  • “Between Fear and Finance: How Organized Crime Perceptions Influence Credit
    Rationing”. Authors: Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo, Marco Spadaro;
  • “Effects of the Judicial Removal of Mafia Companies on Legal Firms: A U-shaped
    Relationship”. Authors: Carlo Migliardo, Domenico Nicolò, Marcella Scrimitore;
  • “Exploring the impact of the Legality Rating on firm efficiency: empirical evidence
    from Italy”. Authors: Giulia Cattafi, Antonio Del Pozzo, Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo;
  • “Decoding the Mafia’s Economic Grips: Insights from a Composite Indicator on Firm
    Efficiency”. Authors: Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo.