: Senders are more likely to initiate sanctions against states where they believe the political institutions will make the sanctions effective.
The full study is available via SAGE Journals or ResearchGate . Journal of Conflict Resolution - Florida State University 2007. An Institutional Theory of Sanctions Onse...
: The authors suggest that majoritarian democratic politics may "overproduce" sanctions as a policy tool due to domestic demands from various interest groups within their own large winning coalitions. Summary of Hypotheses Institutional Effect Sanction Success : Senders are more likely to initiate sanctions
The authors utilize the Selectorate Theory to explain why sanctions often fail against autocracies but are more effective against democracies: less likely against autocracies.
Beyond success rates, the paper explores why certain states are targeted in the first place:
More likely against democratic targets; less likely against autocracies.