countries often turn to their government when the country is isolated from the global marketplace. The sanctions on Russia in … against Russia have led to a trade loss estimated at US$114 billion, with US$44 billion borne by the sanctioning Western … incurred by the United States. Two wealthy countries that are neutral in sanctions against Russia – Israel and Switzerland …

I use firm panel data and a quantitative framework to document the extent of misallocation in Russia. I find that there …

This article examines the view that sanctions should be imposed on Russia because of its involvement with Crimea …

the most severe economic and financial impact will be in Ukraine and Russia. Much of Ukraine is already devastated by the … the back of high energy prices. If the EU were to ban imports of energy from Russia, or if Russia itself limits or stops …, Russia and the rest of Europe has been changed radically by the events of the last few weeks. For Ukraine, if one part of the …

It remains unclear whether or not Russia will actually invade Ukraine, and if it does so, what form this invasion will … take. In this note, we outline two broad scenarios: targeted strikes by Russia in Ukraine accompanied by further non … sanctions on either Russian GDP or the FX rate. However, we find that Russia is extremely vulnerable to a reduction in the price …

Russia, we find that these sanctions substantially decreased bilateral trade of Russia, mainly due to reduced trade with the …

estimate the impact on firm performance from smart sanctions deployed by the U.S. and EU against Russia beginning in 2014. We …

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine that started in March 2014 led Western countries and Russia to impose economic … the economies of Russia and the euro area. The effects of sanctions are analyzed with a structural vector autoregression … model. The sanction shock is identified and separated from the oil price shock by narrative sign restrictions. We find weak …