Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Jamal Ibrahim Haider
Author-Workplace-Name: Center for International Development at Harvard University
Author-Person: pa650
Title: Sanctions and Export Deflection: Evidence from Iran
Abstract: Do export sanctions cause export deflection? Data on Iranian non-oil exporters between January 2006 and June 2011 shows that two-thirds of these exports were deflected to non-sanctioning countries after sanctions were imposed in 2008, and that at this time aggregate exports actually increased. Exporting firms reduced prices and increased quantities when exporting to a new destination, however, and suffered welfare losses as a result.
Creation-Date: 2017-01
Classification-JEL: F13, F14, F15, F21, F5, F6
Keywords: sanctions, trade policy, globalization, export deflection, Iran
Number: 93
Handle: RePEc:glh:wpfacu:93
File-Url: http://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/files/growthlab/files/working-paper-80.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf