: The authors suggest that majoritarian democratic politics may "overproduce" sanctions as a policy tool due to domestic demands from various interest groups within their own large winning coalitions. Summary of Hypotheses Institutional Effect Sanction Success
Beyond success rates, the paper explores why certain states are targeted in the first place: 2007. An Institutional Theory of Sanctions Onse...
Autocratic leaders benefit from the scarcity created by sanctions to reward loyalists. : The authors suggest that majoritarian democratic politics
Democracies are more frequent senders and tend to target those most vulnerable to economic pressure. less likely against autocracies.
: Senders are more likely to initiate sanctions against states where they believe the political institutions will make the sanctions effective.
More likely against democratic targets; less likely against autocracies.