The woman, named locally as Annamaria D. R., alsotold her lover'swife about other affairs her husbandhadallegedly been having inBariandPotenza, southernItaly.
In a recent paper, Hurst, along with colleague Annamaria Lusardi of Dartmouth, splashed cold water on the purported correlation between wealth and entrepreneurship.
Mayor Demetrio Arena and all 30 city councillors were sacked to prevent any "mafia contagion" in the local government, Interior Minister Annamaria Cancellieri said.