Boycotting a dictatorship: who does it really hurt?

Delacote , Philippe
        INRA
        , Nancy .
         UMR 0356 Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière

Boycotting a dictatorship: who does it really hurt?

2009

Delacote , Philippe (INRA , Nancy (France). UMR 0356 Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière)

Consumer boycotts and international economic sanctions represent a frequent tool to protest against countries for their violation of human rights. This paper questions if such a kind of action hurts more the populations it is supposed todefend than governing classes it is targeting. Overall, boycotts of more rapacious regimes may decrease more the wellbeing of the population than the one of the governing class.

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