The Economics of Hacking
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management, 2020
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In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management, 2020
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In: HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2021-038
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In: HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-116
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In: Management Science (Forthcoming)
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In: American economic review, Band 92, Heft 2, S. 217-220
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-140
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In: Journal of contemporary China, S. 1-19
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2024-174
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In: Forthcoming, Journal of Management Information Systems
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In this paper, we estimate the impact of enforcing the Convention on Cybercrime (COC) on deterring distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks. Our data set comprises a sample of real, random spoof-source DDOS attacks recorded in 106 countries in 177 days in the period 2004-2008. We find that enforcing the COC decreases DDOS attacks by at least 11.8 percent, but a similar deterrence effect does not exist if the enforcing countries make a reservation on international cooperation. We also find evidence of network and displacement effects in COC enforcement. Our findings imply attackers in cyberspace are rational, motivated by economic incentives, and strategic in choosing attack targets. We draw related implications.
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In: Electronic Markets, 25(2): 91-93, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-015-0190-1
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In: Electronic Markets, Band 25(2), Heft 161--167
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In: IEEE transactions on engineering management: EM ; a publication of the IEEE Engineering Management Society, Band 56, Heft 3, S. 468-477