Fighting Maritime Piracy: Three Lessons from Pompeius Magnus

Christian Schubert and Leonhard K. Lades
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Leonhard K. Lades: Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena

No 2012-017, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: Piracy in international waters is on the rise again, in particular off the coast of Somalia. While the dynamic game between pirates, ship-owners, insurance firms and the military seems to have reached some kind of equilibrium, piracy risks generating significant negative externalities to third parties (e.g. in terms of environmental hazards and terrorism), justifying attempts to contain it. We argue that these attempts may benefit from a look back - through the analytical lens of public choice theory - to the most successful counter-piracy campaign ever undertaken, namely, the one led by the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) in 67 BC.

Keywords: Piracy; Somalia; Public Choice Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 N43 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05-03
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