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From Sicilian mafia to Chinese "scam villages"

Cryptography and Security 2019-05-09 v1 Computers and Society General Economics Economics
Authors: Jeff Yan
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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.

Keywords

scam villages sicilian mafia geo-concentration economic explanation china policy implications

Cite

@article{arxiv.1905.03108,
  title  = {From Sicilian mafia to Chinese "scam villages"},
  author = {Jeff Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.03108},
  year   = {2019}
}

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