Boycotting a dictatorship: who does it really hurt?

Philippe Delacote

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 3, 1856-1862

Abstract: Consumer boycotts and international economic sanctions represent a frequent tool to protest against countries for their violation of human rights. This paper questions if such a kind of action hurts more the populations it is supposed to defend than governing classes it is targeting. Overall, boycotts of more rapacious regimes may decrease more the well-being of the population than the one of the governing class.

Keywords: consumer boycott; dictatorial regimes. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 F5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-08-03
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