Are U.S. sanctions off-target: Evidence from the Magnitsky act

Simeon Djankov and Meng Su

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 242, issue C

Abstract: We compile data on US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act from 2017 to 2024 and find that such sanctions are weakly corelated with human rights abuses in the home countries of the sanctioned persons but are uncorrelated with perceptions of corruption.

Keywords: Magnitsky act; Economic sanctions; Human rights abuse; Perceptions of corruption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111889

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