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Precision-Guided or Blunt? The Effects of US Economic Sanctions on Human Rights

Gutmann, Jerg - 2017

This study contributes to the literature that analyzes the consequences of economic sanctions for the target country's human rights situation. We offer a political economy explanation for different types of human rights infringements or improvements in reaction to economic shocks caused by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968855

Economic Sanctions and Human Rights : Quantifying the Legal Proportionality Principle

Gutmann, Jerg - 2018

proportionality test, both of which rest on empirical premises. The necessity test involves an assessment of whether a legal sanction … is well-suited to achieve its objective. The proportionality test questions the causal link between the sanction and the … human rights situation in the country against which the sanction is aimed. This study analyzes the empirical basis of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919685

Hawks and doves : financial market perception of Western support for Ukraine

Neuenkirch, Matthias; Repko, Maria; Weber, Enzo - 2023

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the West has been intensively discussing its support strategy. Hawkish positions of strengthening Ukraine via armaments, financial resources, and sanctions against Russia compete with dovish views of avoiding further escalation of the...

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The Impact of UN and US Economic Sanctions on GDP Growth

Neuenkirch, Matthias - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056309

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 … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240792

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 … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241320

International sanctions and emigration

Gutmann, Jerg; Langer, Pascal; Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2023 - This version: January 5, 2024

EU-US sanctions imply a gradual increase in emigration over the course of a sanction episode. The impact of UN sanctions …

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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...

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The Economic Effects of International Sanctions : An Event Study

Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2021

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The impact of UN and US economic sanctions on GDP growth

Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2014 - This version: 28 March 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 that sanctions imposed by the UN have a statistically and economically significant influence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336190