The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality of Target States

World Development

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Afesorgbor, Sylvanus Kwaku ^a,c   Mahadevan, Renuka ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duration of sanctions; Economic sanctions; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SANCTION;

EID: 84961784436     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.015     Document Type: Article

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