can contribute to a better understanding of the world." …

to study the impact of economic sanctions on international trade in the mining sector, which includes oil and natural gas …. We demonstrate that the gravity equation is well suited to model bilateral trade in mining and find that sanctions have … been effective in impeding mining trade. Our analysis reveals that complete trade sanctions have reduced bilateral mining …

This paper provides an overview of diamond mining in sub-Saharan African countries, and explores the reasons for … incentives for smuggling. In a theoretical model, we show that optimal diamond tax rates increase with the degree of competition … among diamond buyers, as well as with the corporate share of diamond production, which is confirmed by the data. We then …