Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111758 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Research Papers in Economics No. 3/15
Publisher: 
Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre, Trier
Abstract: 
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 being exposed to US sanctions. Our results indicate that US sanctions are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3-5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned countries compared to their nearest neighbors. Severe sanctions, such as fuel embargoes, trade restrictions, the freezing of assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap by 6.1-7.4 pp.
Subjects: 
Economic Sanctions
Nearest Neighbor Matching
Poverty
United States
JEL: 
F51
F52
F63
I32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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