Building upon the evidence that the mafia increases the degree of vote concentration, we use data on regional elections in Sicily to estimate the impact of anti-mafia policies on electoral competition. We find robust evidence that the reassignment for social purposes of property and assets seized to the mafia reduces the degree of electoral concentration. This result supports the hypothesis that policies that create social value, such as the reallocation to social-driven organizations, are more effective than those targeted to public and political institutions.

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我们要跟着钱走吗？反黑手党政策和选举竞争

基于黑手党增加投票集中程度的证据，我们使用西西里岛地区选举的数据来估计反黑手党政策对选举竞争的影响。我们发现强有力的证据表明，将没收的财产和资产出于社会目的重新分配给黑手党会降低选举集中度。这一结果支持了这样一种假设，即创造社会价值的政策，例如重新分配给社会驱动的组织，比那些针对公共和政治机构的政策更有效。