Researching firms and sanctions: theoretical and methodological considerations
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2021

As sanctions are often imposed by states on other states or their entities, they have been traditionally studied in state-centric environments, eschewing a focus on firms. Yet, firms are crucial actors in understanding sanctions. While scholarship has recently started to focus on the role of private actors (such as firms, banks, or insurance companies) in sanctions implementation, in this paper we argue for giving more attention to firms in the study of the impact of sanctions. In our chapter, w