Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2014 - First draft: 28 March 2014, This version: 20 May 2014
In this paper, we empirically assess how economic sanctions imposed by the UN and the US affect the target states' GDP growth. Our sample includes 68 countries and covers the period 1976-2012. We find, first, that sanctions imposed by the UN have a statistically and economically significant...