Arbeitspapier
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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: FIW Working Paper ; No. 174
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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gravity
international trade
trade sanctions
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frank, Jonas
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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FIW - Research Centre International Economics
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Vienna
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frank, Jonas
- FIW - Research Centre International Economics
Entstanden
- 2017