Foreword
1. Introduction Gianluca Fiorentini and Sam Peltzman
Part I. Theories of the State and the Origin of Criminal Organisations: 2. Organised crime, Mafia and governments Annelise Anderson
Discussion Maurizio Franzini
3. Gangs as primitive states Stergios Skaperdas, and Constantinos Syropoulos
Discussion William J. Baumol
Part II. The Criminal Organisation as a Firm: 4. Internal cohesion and competition among criminal organisations Michele Polo
Discussion Pier Luigi Sacco
5. Conspiracy among the many: the Mafia in legitimate industries Diego Gambetta and Peter Reuter
Discussion Luigi Campiglio
Part III. Organised Crime and State Intervention in the Economy: 6. Rival kleptocrats: the Mafia versus the state Herschel I. Grossman
Discussion Marco Celentani
7. Corruption: arm's-length relationships and markets Vito Tanzi
Discussion Flavio Delbono
Part IV. Deterrence Policies Against Legal Firms Involved in Illegal Activities: 8. Auditing with 'ghosts' Frank A. Cowell and James P. F. Gordon
Discussion Domenico Siniscalco
9. The reputational penalty firms bear from committing criminal fraud Jonathan M. Karpoff and John R. Lott Jr.
Discussion Michele Polo
Part V. Deterrence Policies Against Organised Crime: 10. Regulating the organised crime sector Marco Celentani, Massimo Morelli and Riccardo Martina
Discussion Carlo Scarpa
11. Oligopolistic competition in illegal markets Gianluca Fiorentini
Discussion Sam Peltzman
Index.
