Publication:
Assessing Italy’s Severino Law: impacts on corruption control and inequality

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLaura Policardo
dc.contributor.authorEdgar Sanchez-Carrera
dc.contributor.authorLópez Gómez, Laura
dc.contributor.departmentEconomía Aplicada
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-10T13:20:43Z
dc.date.available2026-02-10T13:20:43Z
dc.date.copyright© The Authors 2025
dc.date.issued2025-09-22
dc.description.abstractThe evaluation of public policies is an increasingly important issue that demands greater attention. This study examines the impact of the Severino Law (2012) on corruption control and inequality in Italy. Using a robust quantitative approach for the period 2002–2022, we apply diference-in-diferences (DiD), the synthetic control method (SCM), and a multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) model. Our fndings indicate that while the law signifcantly improved corruption control—albeit with a delayed efect—it did not reduce inequality as anticipated, which instead continued to rise. This outcome stands in contrast to the predictions of much of the empirical literature. The results suggest that the direct efects of corruption control on inequality can be highly idiosyncratic and do not operate in a linear or isolated manner. Rather, they depend on the extent to which corrupt behaviors are reduced and on the presence of complementary policies beyond anti-corruption reforms to efectively address structural inequality.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format.extent29
dc.identifier.citationLopez-Gomez, L., Policardo, L. & Sanchez-Carrera, E.J. Assessing Italy’s Severino Law: impacts on corruption control and inequality. Int Econ Econ Policy 22, 60 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-025-00687-3
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-025-00687-3
dc.identifier.eissn1612-4812
dc.identifier.issn1612-4804
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/203301
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relationOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This paper benefted from the PRIN 2022 under the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) Prot. 2022YMLS4T—TEC—Tax Evasion and Corruption: theoretical models and empirical studies. A quantitative based approach for the Italian case. The usual caveats apply
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10368-025-00687-3
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectItalian System
dc.subjectSocial capital
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 8: Crecimiento económico
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 10: Reducir las desigualdades entre países y dentro de ellos
dc.titleAssessing Italy’s Severino Law: impacts on corruption control and inequality
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dspace.entity.typePublicationes
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationacb0acd8-0046-49a9-a652-aaed93f02203
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscoveryacb0acd8-0046-49a9-a652-aaed93f02203
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
s10368-025-00687-3 (1).pdf
Size:
1.06 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.37 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Artículos