The targeting of economic sanctions

Djankov, Simeon

; and Su, Meng (2025) The targeting of economic sanctions. Economics Letters, 248: 112235. ISSN 0165-1765

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We use a comprehensive dataset of economic sanctions over the past 30 years to show that US unilateral sanctions are often off the mark, while United Nations sanctions tend to be well-targeted. Sanctions that target democratic stability and conflict resolution are best correlated with their stated goals.

Item Type	Article
Keywords	economic sanctions,unilateral vs multilateral,human rights abuse,perceptions of corruption
Departments	Financial Markets Group
DOI	10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112235
Date Deposited	11 Feb 2025 10:57
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127240

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