Data sets
OFAC Sanctions Enforcement Data Set, v6.0 at Harvard Dataverse with Bryan R. Early
- Version 6 updates the data set used in the Security Studies article through 31 December 2025.
- If using this data set in your work, please cite:
Early, Bryan R., and Keith A. Preble. “Going Fishing versus Hunting Whales: Explaining Changes in How the US Enforces Economic Sanctions.” Security Studies 29, no. 2 (2020): 231–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2020.1722850 - There is also a codebook that explains changes made to the original data set, which includes corrections of coding errors, some additional new variables, and some sample figures generated from the data. Download the latest version(s) of the codebook from Harvard Dataverse.
- Stata code is available on request.
- The original data set from Security Studies article (Early and Preble 2020) can also be downloaded from Harvard Dataverse.
Replication Materials
- Coming Soon: Keith A. Preble, Charmaine N. Willis, and Joshua Turner. “Profiting like a Pariah: North Korea Illicit Trading Activities Data Set“
- Charmaine N. Willis and Keith A. Preble (2026). “With Friends Like These: The Impact of US Troop Deployments on Economic Sanctions Busting.” Foreign Policy Analysis. Available at Harvard Dataverse.
- Keith A. Preble and Bryan R. Early (2024). “Enforcing Economic Sanctions by Tarnishing Corporate Reputations.” Business and Politics. Available at Harvard Dataverse.
- Keith A. Preble (2023). “‘Just Right’: The Goldilocks Theory of Sanctions Busting Causes’, Foreign Policy Analysis. Available at Harvard Dataverse.