Hearing the Noise: Economic Sanctions Theory and Anomalous Evidence

Our understanding of economic sanctions has progressed significantly over the past three decades. Sanctions scholars have done a remarkable job at using empirical anomalies to guide theoretical developments and then using these to guide the next iteration of data collection and empirical testing. He...

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Published inInternational interactions Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 744 - 754
Main Author Morgan, T. Clifton
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
21st century
Data collection
Economic sanctions
Economic theory
Intellectuals
International relations
Noise
Political science theories
Quantitative analysis
Sanctions
strategic interaction
theory
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Summary:Our understanding of economic sanctions has progressed significantly over the past three decades. Sanctions scholars have done a remarkable job at using empirical anomalies to guide theoretical developments and then using these to guide the next iteration of data collection and empirical testing. Here, I argue that mounting empirical evidence suggests it is time to develop a new theoretical perspective. I identify a number of empirical results, some unpublished, that are hard to reconcile with existing theory, and I argue that there is enough consistency in these results to suggest which way to turn.
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ISSN:0305-0629
1547-7444
DOI:10.1080/03050629.2015.1037710