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The global sanctions data base - release 3 : Covid-19, Russia and multilateral sanctions
Syropoulos, Constantinos; Felbermayr, Gabriel; … - 2022
This paper introduces the third update/release of the Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDB-R3). The GSDB-R3 extends the period of coverage from 1950-2019 to 1950-2022, which includes two special periods - COVID-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine. The new update of the GSDB contains a total of...
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The economic effects of international sanctions : an event study
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2021
Although international sanctions are a widely used instrument of coercion, their economic effects are still not fully understood. This study uses a novel dataset and an event study approach to evaluate the economic consequences of international sanctions, thereby accounting for pre-treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500430
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The effects of heterogeneous sanctions on exporting firms : evidence from Denmark
Jäkel, Ina Charlotte; Østervig, Søren Aasborg; … - 2022
destination. Next, we study heterogeneity in the effects of sanctions across (i) sanction types and sanction packages, (ii) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453715
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Do China and Russia undermine US sanctions? : evidence from DiD and event study estimation
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2022
purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries' trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … panel difference-in-differences estimations and an event study design. Motivated by the claim that China and Russia … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455721
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The extraterritorial effects of sanctions
Kwon, Ohyun; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto - 2022
We provide quantitative evidence that the primary effects of economic sanctions on trade and welfare are accompanied by strong extraterritorial effects — estimates of the former effects may be significantly biased if the latter effects are not taken into account. Furthermore, while the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817920
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Identifying the effects of sanctions on the Iranian economy using newspaper coverage
Laudati, Dario; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2021
This paper considers how sanctions affected the Iranian economy using a novel measure of sanctions intensity based on daily newspaper coverage. It finds sanctions to have significant effects on exchange rates, inflation, and output growth, with the Iranian rial over-reacting to sanctions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599150
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Economic sanctions and agricultural trade
Larch, Mario; Luckstead, Jeff; Yotov, Yoto - 2021
Combining two new datasets on sanctions and agricultural trade and implementing step-by-step the latest developments in the empirical structural gravity literature, we investigate the effects of sanctions on international trade of agricultural products. We find that trade sanctions have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012668821
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The sword and the shield : the economics of targeted sanctions
Ahn, Daniel P.; Ludema, Rodney D. - 2019
How effective are "smart" sanctions in imposing costs on an adversary? We consider this question in a model where a targeted regime may choose to "shield" strategically important firms from harm. Using detailed firm and individual data, we estimate the impact on firm performance from smart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001872
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On the effects of sanctions on trade and welfare : new evidence based on structural gravity and a new database
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yalçin, … - 2019
literature. Starting with a broad evaluation by sanction type, we carefully investigate the case of Iran. Effects are significant … perform a counterfactual analysis which translates our partial equilibrium sanction estimates into heterogeneous but intuitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031035
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Sanctioned to death? : the impact of economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2019
We empirically analyze the effect of UN and US economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap in target countries. Our sample covers 98 less developed and newly industrialized countries over the period 1977-2012. We employ a matching approach to account for the endogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157271