Abstract
We meta-analyse 36 primary studies on determinants of the effectiveness of economic sanctions published over the years 1985-2018, using the Protocol of the Meta-Analysis in Economics Research-network. We investigate the impact of trade linkage, sanction duration and prior relations on sanction success. While the descriptive analysis and weighted averages suggest that the impact of the three variables of interest is significant and conforms to a priori theoretical expectations, our econometric analysis uncovers significant publication bias in the results. Bias is significant and large for the three variables of interest and the genuine impact of these variables on success and failure of sanctions after correction for publication bias is insignificant. Moreover, we find that bias in this literature increases over time.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | The Hague |
Publisher | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
Number of pages | 26 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Publication series
Series | ISS working papers. General series |
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Number | 674 |
Bibliographical note
JEL Classification: F14link in repub: hdl.handle.net/1765/135342
This is the pre-peer review version of Chapter 6 of the Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2021). This research is based on a MA project that was awarded the ISS prize for the best Student Research Project in 2018.
A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the 19th Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference and summaries appear as van Bergeijk et al. (2019) and van Bergeijk (2019).
Research programs
- ISS-DE
Series
- ISS Working Paper-General Series