TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Is maritime piracy random?
JO  - Applied economics letters
A1  - Mejia, Maximo Q.
A1  - Cariou, Pierre
A1  - Wolff, Francois-Charles
SP  - 891
EP  - 895
VL  - 16
IS  - 9
N2  - Far from being an extinct phenomenon, piracy still exists in the modern world and is a growing menace to the security and safety of shipping. Using the data on attacks against vessels reported between 1996 and 2005 merged with the data on the total world merchant fleet, this article inquires whether acts of piracy are a truly random occurrence. Results show that both flag of registry and type of vessel are significant factors in explaining maritime piracy.<p />
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SN  - 1350-4851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504850701222186
ID  - ref1
ER  -