The Impact of Global Sanctions on Foreign Direct Investment: A staggered difference-in-differences approach

Naoto Jinji and Shigenobu Kawaguchi

Discussion papers from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: Using a comprehensive database of global sanctions, we examine how sanctions affect cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over 2006-2023. Aggregating deal-level M&A data to the investor-host-year level, we estimate sanction effects using an extended two-way fixed effects estimator in a staggered difference-in-differences framework. Baseline results show that sanctions are associated with an approximately 50% reduction in bilateral cross-border M&A deals from sanctioning to target countries. Event-time estimates further suggest that this negative effect persists and deepens over time. Cohort-specific estimates indicate substantial heterogeneity across sanction episodes, likely driven by variations in participating countries, sanction types, and other contextual features.

Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2026-04
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