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CLEAN - Crime: Law and Economic Analysis

Unit Director: Diogo Britto

 

The research unit Crime: Law and Economic Analysis - CLEAN investigates illicit behavior employing detailed data and frontier quantitative methods. Its research sheds light on how different factors affect the incidence of crime and corruption, and their ultimate adverse consequences for society. At the same time, it studies the effectiveness of alternative policies in curbing illicit activity and enhancing social welfare. 

CLEAN closely collaborates with several national and international institutions, such as the Italian Anti-mafia Investigation Department and the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, on anti-crime policies. 

The projects of CLEAN take place across several countries, mostly in Europe and North and South America.

Recently, the activities of CLEAN have been supported have been supported by several research grants and donations, including:

  • CARIPLO Foundation Young Researchers grant for the project "State- and Citizen-Driven Contrast to Organized Crime: Complements or Substitutes?" (2023-2025)
  • FARE grant for the project "CRACKCRIME: Criminal Groups, Corruption, and Government Crackdowns" (2022-2025)
  • PRIN grant for the project "DARKSIDE - The dark side of the money: causes and consequences of the organized crime and corruption" (2022-2026)
  • ERC Consolidator Grant for the project “Clean Evidence on Dirty Deeds” (2020-2025)
  • Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant for the project “Economic Shocks, Social Insurance and Violent Crimes: Evidence from Brazil” (2020-2022)
  • Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant for the project “Drug cartels’ violence in new and traditional illegal markets" (2020-2022)
  • Modigliani Research Grant by Unicredit Foundation for the project “Corruption under Austerity” (2020-2022)
  • Modigliani Research Grant by Unicredit Foundation for the project “Litigation and Liquidity Constraints: New Evidence from Matched Labor and Court Data" (2019-2022)
  • Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Research (EIEF) grant for the project “Litigation and Liquidity Constraints: New Evidence from Matched Labor and Court Data" (2019-2021)
  • Research funds assigned by Bocconi University to the Endowed Associate Professor in the Economic Analysis of Crime (2019-2024)
  • Funding from Albertini family to Bocconi University to support research on crime (2017-2019)
  • Italian Ministry of University and Research, Projects of National Interest (PRIN), Project: “Bad Seeds: The Transplantation and Diffusion of Criminal Organizations” (2017-2019)

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