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SUMMARY:Do far-right mayors increase the probability of hate-crimes? Evide
 nce from Italy          - Mr Alessio Romarri from the University of B
 arcelona
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DESCRIPTION:I investigate whether the mayor's political ideology impact th
 e probability that a hate crime occurs in the Italian municipalities. I as
 semble a dataset of local elections from 2008 to 2018 and I focus on those
  won or lost with a small margin of victory by a far-right candidate. To d
 etect episodes of hate crime\, since an official dataset is missing in Ita
 ly\, I use the data collected by Lunaria\, a national NGO. Results show th
 at in municipalities where an extreme-right mayor is in power\, the likeli
 hood of a hate crime occurring is significantly higher (around five percen
 tage points). The effect of the far-right mayors on hate crimes is particu
 larly strong in the first years of their mandate and persists if the most 
 serious acts (physical assaults) are considered. The results are driven fr
 om municipalities with higher Internet penetration\; I also find evidence 
 that the appointment of a far-right mayor generates spillover effects in t
 he surrounding municipalities\, especially in areas where the presence of 
 the far-right is recent.\n
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/95850946576?pwd=Zm43NFZsKys3Nk1MQS9QV3NiVzdidz0
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