AYDIN Aysegul <br/><br/>
Enforcing openness:  trade protectionism and intervention in civil wars/ 
Aysegul Aydin 
 -  2021 
<br/><br/> Governments may resort to a wide range of economic policies to generate revenue and compensate certain sectors in civil wars. Such measures block market access and hurt the interests of third-party countries operating in this market, giving the latter an incentive to shape the course of events in the conflict. To empirically demonstrate this argument, I look at changes in tariff rates adopted by civil war governments to restrict international trade during conflict. I find strong empirical evidence that external actors consider economic interventions on behalf of the government to meet the demand for revenue and for a return to more liberal policies. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>OPPORTUNITY COSTS--WAR--TRADE BARRIERS<br/>TARIFF RATES--CIVIL WAR INTERVENTION