Pirational choice: The economics of infamous pirate practices

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-510

  Leeson, Peter T ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organized crime; Pirates; Reputation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649694412     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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