Smart Contracts and Blockchains: Steroid for Collusion?
7 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last revised: 22 Sep 2018
Date Written: September 11, 2018
Abstract
What is a smart contract? What is a blockchain? After an intuitive introduction to these technologies, I discuss the implications smart contracts and the blockchain technology have on collusion.
Keywords: smart contract, blockchain, collusion, antitrust
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Deng, Ai, Smart Contracts and Blockchains: Steroid for Collusion? (September 11, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3187010 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3187010
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