Episode 40: Mirko Draca on Sanctions and the Interests of Elite Policymakers in Iran

The paper discussed in this episode is “On Target? Sanctions and the Economic Interests of Elite Policymakers in Iran (dropbox.com/s/7q9t38tl78c5031/ontarget_nov2019…)”, by Mirko Draca (warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/mdraca), Jason Garred, Leanne Stickland, and Nele Warrinnier, and which is forthcoming at The Economic Journal.
Other papers mentioned in this episode are:
Snowberg, E., Wolfers, J., & Zitzewitz, E. (2007). Partisan impacts on the economy: evidence from prediction markets and close elections. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(2), 807-829.