Using a new, global data base covering the years 1950 to 2015, we study the impact of sanctions on international trade …

This paper introduces the third update/release of the Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDB-R3). The GSDB-R3 extends the …-R3 has been amended with a new variable that distinguishes between unilateral and multilateral sanctions. As before, the … highlight one of the new features of the GSDB, we estimate the heterogeneous effects of unilateral and multilateral sanctions on …

This paper introduces the fourth release of the Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDBR4). Covering the period 1950-2023, it … combine it with trade data until 2023, and we investigate the effects of the recent sanctions on Russia's trade within an … effects. The implication is that such trade cost decreases may be sufficient to offset the effects of Western sanctions on …

This paper evaluates the effects of sanctions on Russia between 2014 and 2019 and the resulting countersanctions. We … the estimated elasticities in a general equilibrium analysis. We find that the sanctions decreased trade with Russia in … would increase this effect to over 4%. Our results emphasize the role of deep sanctions as a foreign policy instrument and …

hand with the Western sanctions that were imposed due to the political tensions between Russia and Ukraine. At the same … due to the falling oil prices, while the sanctions are playing a rather subordinate role. …

hand with the Western sanctions that were imposed due to the political tensions between Russia and Ukraine. At the same … due to the falling oil prices, while the sanctions are playing a rather subordinate role. …

Economic sanctions are a frequent instrument of foreign policy. In a diplomatic conflict, they aim to elicit a change … in the policies of foreign governments by damaging their economy. However, sanctions are not costless for the sending …. We first gauge the impact of the sanctions' regime using a structural gravity framework and quantify the trade losses in …

Are victims of human rights abuses better off with or without economic sanctions targeted at their perpetrators? We …