US Corporate Lobbying on Russian Sanctions and Global Value Chains (2014-2022)

This dataset tracks US corporate lobbying activities regarding economic sanctions against Russia between 2014 and 2022. Created by Lingbo Zhao for International Studies Quarterly, it links firm-level global value chain participation with political opposition to specific sanction bills in the US Congress.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between a firm's foreign investment levels and its likelihood to lobby against sanctions
• Evaluating how global value chain importance influences corporate opposition to US Congress bills
• Modeling the impact of trade volume on firm-level political responses to international sanctions

Strengths

• Covers an 8-year period from 2014 to 2022
• Links firm-level economic ties to specific legislative lobbying actions
• Original data collected for International Studies Quarterly

Limitations

• Geographic bias limited to US firms and Russian sanctions
• Lobbying data is restricted to formal congressional filings
• Small sample size likely restricted to firms with significant international trade

Provenance

Source

International Studies Quarterly Dataverse

Collection Method

Original data collection from US Congress lobbying records and corporate economic data

Time Range

2014-2022

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; covers data through 2022.

Geography

United States and Russia