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ofac sdn sanctions event

cadence: Dailydata: highshort only
paper
2019
Source
Draca, M., Garred, J., Stickland, L., Warrinnier, N. (2019). "On Target? Sanctions and the Economic Interests of Elite Policymakers in Iran." LSE/CEP DP. Also Besedeš-Goldbach-Nitsch 2017 EP.
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What it checks

OFAC adds new country/entity to sanctions list → US firms with disclosed business there underperform 1-3 weeks.

Mechanism

New OFAC SDN action against country C imposes step-change cost on US firms with disclosed segment exposure to C.

No production champion data for this family yet. Stats appear once the discovery pipeline promotes at least one strategy with this family tag.

Signal rule

new OFAC action in last 5d AND ticker has ofac_corporate_exposure(C) → short; hold 1/5/20d

Data dependencies

  • daily_prices

    Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.

  • ofac_sdn

    Worker data table — see services/worker schema.

  • ofac_corporate_exposure

    Worker data table — see services/worker schema.

Expected edge

Paper alpha
-3% to -8%
Paper Sharpe
~0.4
Paper window
T+0 to T+20d

-3% to -8% CAR over 20d.

Example tickers where this is likely to fire

Illustrative only — the signal fires based on the live data, not a fixed list.

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