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Where Has the Rum Gone? Firms’ Choice of Transport Mode under the Threat of Maritime Piracy

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  • Alexander-Nikolai Sandkamp
  • Shuyao Yang

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Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding its economic consequences remains scarce. This paper takes a step towards filling the gap by combining firm-level Chinese customs data with information on pirate attacks to investigate how exporting firms respond to maritime piracy. It finds that overall exports along a particular shipping route fall following an increase in pirate activity. In addition, piracy induces firms to switch from ocean to air shipping, while the remaining ocean shipments become larger.

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  • Alexander-Nikolai Sandkamp & Shuyao Yang, 2018. "Where Has the Rum Gone? Firms’ Choice of Transport Mode under the Threat of Maritime Piracy," ifo Working Paper Series 271, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
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    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F19 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Other
    • N70 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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