Lukas Kornher

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1 Introduction Economic sanctions are a common foreign policy tool senders use to restrict relations with a target, aiming to pressure dissenting regimes into changing their objectionable policies. (Hufbauer et al. 2007; Morgan et al. 2014). Economic sanctions (hereafter sanctions) have become increasingly favoured as an alternative to military interventions, which can lead to direct property damage and the loss of human lives.