: 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
Autocratic leaders benefit from the scarcity created by sanctions to reward loyalists. 2007. An Institutional Theory of Sanctions Onse...
: Nondemocratic leaders have smaller coalitions and can use the rents (extra resources) created by economic restrictions to buy off their core supporters, often making them more secure rather than less. Onset and Initiation : The authors suggest that majoritarian democratic politics
: Senders are more likely to initiate sanctions against states where they believe the political institutions will make the sanctions effective. 2007. An Institutional Theory of Sanctions Onse...
Democracies are more frequent senders and tend to target those most vulnerable to economic pressure.