This book approaches economic sanctions as a form of statecraft in order to better study the oft used but not well understood policy. The chapters study a variety of historical and current cases involving the use of economic threats and promises. Their authors come from both academic and policy making fields, as well as different disciplinary backgrounds (political science and economics). They apply different research approaches (case studies, statistical analysis, formal economics) to increase our understanding of the sanction puzzle.

JASON DAVIDSON Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Government, Georgetown University DANIEL W. DREZNER Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder WILLIAM KAEMPFER Professor of Economics and Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Budget and Planning, University of Colorado, Boulder ANTON D. LOWENBERG Professor of Economics, California State University, Northridge CURTIS H. MARTIN Professor of Political Science, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts GEORGE SHAMBAUGH Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University DAVID M. ROWE Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University VALERIE L. SCHWEBACH Economic Forecaster and Modeling Analyst DANIEL W. FISK Senior Staff Member and Associate Counsel of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations