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Effects of Economic Sanctions on North Korea-China Trade : A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Jung, SeungHo - 2016

This study addresses whether North Korea-China trade dilutes the effectiveness of the unilateral sanctions imposed by South Korea and Japan, and if so, to what extent and in what way. The structural adjustment of North Korea's export pattern in size and trade type dilutes the effectiveness of...

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Are Sanctions Constitutional? A Law and Economics Analysis

McGee, Robert W. - 2014

The Constitution of the United States is one of limited powers. The federal government has the authority to do only those things the Constitution says it can do. Over the centuries, the General Welfare Clause has been used as justification to expand federal power. However, if one were to apply...

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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...

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Always Affecting the Wrong People? The Impact of US Sanctions on Poverty

Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2015

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period 1978-2011. Econometrically, we employ a nearest neighbor matching approach to account for differences in the countries' economic and political environment and the likelihood of...

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Economic Sanctions in the System of Industrial Policy

Osipov, Vladimir - 2015

independent position of Russia, is a comprehensive, systematic, planned impact on rival spheres of influence. By the force of the …

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New Protectionism, Sanctions and EU Disintegration : Challenges for Baltic Trade

Laaser, Claus-Friedrich - 2018

with Russia which is accompanied by trade sanctions. The authors show how far the three Baltic States depend on trade with … Russia, the United Kingdom and the USA by a share analysis of disaggregated trade flows and a gravity analysis of trade … the free movements of goods and services. While they are still trading over-proportionally with Russia the attractiveness …

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Sanctioning an Unruly Ally : Understanding Sino-North Korean Trade Through the People's Daily

Zhong, Weifeng - 2018

China opposes North Korean proliferation while practically "funding" a large part of it through increasing trade. By analyzing the People's Daily, China's official newspaper, I show the alliance between the two countries has significantly weakened since the Korean War. I provide an explanation...

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Sanctioned to Death? The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Life Expectancy and Its Gender Gap

Gutmann, Jerg - 2018

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...

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Employment effects of economic sanctions in Iran

Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Ali; Nisticò, Roberto - 2021

This paper investigates the effect of economic sanctions on employment. We exploit the imposition of a series of unexpected and unprecedented international economic sanctions on Iran in 2012 and estimate the short-run effects of the change in import exposure on manufacturing employment at the...

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The intergenerational effects of economic sanctions

Moeeni, Safoura - 2021

While economic sanctions are successful in achieving political goals, can hurt the civilian population. These negative effects could be even more detrimental and long-lasting for future generations. I estimate the effects of economic sanctions on children's education by exploiting the United...

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