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The empirical consequences of trade sanctions for directly and indirectly affected countries

Economic sanctions are a popular diplomatic tool for countries to enforce political demands abroad or to punish non-complying countries. There is an ongoing debate in the literature if this tool is effective in reaching these goals. This paper adds to the literature by treating sanctions like a negative form of trade agreements. In order to quantify the direct effects of sanctions on the trade flows between countries I make use of a gravity equation controlling for country pair, importer-year, and exporteryear fixed effects. The estimates reveal that there is a significant decrease in the value of trade after the introduction of sanctions. In a second step, trade diversion is introduced as a potential instrument for countries to soften the negative impact of sanctions. However, the estimates reveal no evidence for trade diversion.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: FIW Working Paper ; No. 174

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
gravity
international trade
trade sanctions

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Frank, Jonas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
FIW - Research Centre International Economics
(wo)
Vienna
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Frank, Jonas
  • FIW - Research Centre International Economics

Entstanden

  • 2017

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