Economic Sanctions - Examining Their Philosophy and Efficacy

This is the first of three related, empirically based studies examining the broad range of issues raised by the use of economic sanctions. This volume addresses the philosophy behind economic sanctions: why they are used and what they are meant to achieve.

Ashari, Forrer, Teegen, and Yang go back through history to analyze whether or not economic sanctions have ben sucessful by measuinrg their historical impact and modeling their effectiveness, and they offer an analysis of the international and domestic business implications of sanctions in today's global economy. Of particular interest to scholars, students, researchers, and the public policy community involved with international busienss and economics and international relations.

List of contents

Preface
Historical Perspectives on Economic Sanctions
Multilateral Economic Sanctions
Definition, Philosophy, and Efficacy of Unilateral Economic Sanctions
The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Trade
Impact of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Trade for the United States, the European Union (E.U.), and Japan
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Sanctioned Countries
Appendix 2: Sanctioned Countries in the Hufbauer et al. (1997) Study
Appendix 3: U.S. Trade Arrangement with Other Countries
References
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

Hossein G. Askari, John Forrer, Hildy Teegen, Jiawen Yang

Product details

• Authors: Hossein G. Askari, John Forrer, Forrer John, Hildy Teegen, Teegen Hildy, Jiawen Yang, Yang Jiawen
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781567205428
• ISBN: 978-1-56720-542-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Politics, Law, and Government: International Relations