Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian; … - 2018
human rights situation in the country against which the sanction is aimed. This study analyzes the empirical basis of the … proportionality principle by examining the consequences of economic sanctions for the target country's human rights situation. We use … average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on different types of human rights within a uniform empirical framework. We …