Darcy W E Allen

RMIT University

Senior Research Fellow

Melbourne, 3000

Australia

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Scholarly Papers (44)

1.

Some Economic Consequences of the GDPR

Allen DWE, Berg A, Berg C, Markey-Towler B and Potts J (2019) ‘Some Economic Consequences of the GDPR’, Economics Bulletin, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 785-797.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Evidn and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Citation 11

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Data Markets, Information Economics, Regulation, Financial Innovation, Blockchain

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Discovering and Developing the Blockchain Cryptoeconomy

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2017
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Blockchains, cryptoeconomics, new institutional economics, new development economics, non-price coordination

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Blockchains and the Boundaries of Self-Organized Economies: Predictions for the Future of Banking

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Mar 2016
Trent MacDonald, Darcy W E Allen and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, New Institutional Economics, Austrian Economics, Catallaxy

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The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution

Allen, DWE, Lane, AM and Poblet, M. 2019. The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, vol. 25, pp. 75-101
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2020
Darcy W E Allen, Aaron M. Lane and Marta Poblet
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
Downloads 1,260 (28,599)
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Blockchain, Dispute Resolution, Online Dispute Resolution, Distributed Ledger Technology, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Institutional Possibility Frontier, New Comparative Economics, Smart Contracts

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Cryptodemocracy and its institutional possibilities

The Review of Austrian Economics, vol. 33, no 3.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2020
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg, Aaron M. Lane and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, Democracy, New comparative economics, New institutional economics, Transaction cost economics, Voting

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Governing the Entrepreneurial Discovery of Blockchain Applications

Allen, D.W.E. (Forthcoming) Governing the Entrepreneurial Discovery of Blockchain Applications, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2019
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Blockchain Technology, General Purpose Technologies, Cryptoeconomics, Non-Price Coordination, Innovation Commons, Institutional Economics, Innovation Commons, Entrepreneurship

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The Problem of ‘Freezing’ an Economy in a Pandemic

Cryoeconomics: How to Unfreeze an Economy (2020)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 1,133 (33,299)
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COVID-19, evolutionary economics, pandemics, resilience, institutional economics, regulation

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On Coase and COVID-19

Allen, D.W.E, Berg, C., Davidson, S., Potts, J. (2022) 'On Coase and COVID-19', European Journal of Law and Economics.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2022
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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COVID-19, Coase theorem, externality

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Cultures of Sharing in 3D Printing: What Can We Learn from the Licence Choices of Thingiverse Users?

(2015) Journal of Peer Production Issue #6 Disruption and the law
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 May 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2015
Jarkko Moilanen, Angela Daly, Ramon Lobato and Darcy W E Allen
Tampere University, University of Dundee, Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University
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3D printing, Creative Commons, Thingiverse, intellectual property, copyright, sharing economy

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International Policy Coordination for Blockchain Supply Chains

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Novak, M and Potts, J, (2019) ‘International Policy Coordination for Blockchain Supply Chains’, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 May 2018 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2019
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 685 (66,409)
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Blockchain, Supply Chain Governance, International Policy Coordination, Trade Costs

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Blockchain: An Entangled Political Economy Approach

Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Novak, M (2018) ‘Blockchain: An Entangled Political Economy Approach’, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 105-125.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2019
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Mikayla Novak
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Blockchain, Finance, Entangled Political Economy, Identity, Property, Trust

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Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation Policy

Research Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2019
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Evidn, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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institutions, governance, platforms, public policy, technology, transactions costs

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An economic theory of blockchain foundations

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 May 2021
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and RMIT University
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blockchain foundations, public goods, crypto economy, costly signalling

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The Innovation Commons – Why it Exists, What it Does, Who it Benefits, and How

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Jun 2015
Darcy W E Allen and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 477 (104,196)
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Innovation, Innovation Problem, Entrepreneurship, Commons, Uncertainty

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The Exchange Theory of Web3 Governance

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Lane, AM, MacDonald, T, Potts, J (forthcoming) The Exchange Theory of Web3 Governance, Kyklos
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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blockchain, governance, public choice, innovation, entrepreneurship

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Web3 toolkits: A user innovation theory of crypto development

Allen, Darcy W. E., and Jason Potts (2023) Web3 toolkits: A user innovation theory of crypto development. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity 9(2) 100050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100050
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Darcy W E Allen and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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toolkits, user innovation, web3, cryptoeconomy, entrepreneurial discovery

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Regulation and Technological Change

Allen, Darcy WE and Berg, C (eds), Australia's Red Tape Crisis, Connor Court Publishing, Australia, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Darcy W E Allen and Chris Berg
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Regulation, Technological Change, RegTech, Innovation Economics, New Institutional Economics

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Blockchain Technology and the Theory of Economic Development

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2020
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Cryptoeconomics, New Development Economics, Institutional Economics, Institutional Entrepreneurship

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Trust and Governance in Collective Blockchain Treasuries

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Aaron M. Lane
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain Treasury, Blockchain Foundations, New Comparative Economics, Institutional Possibility Frontier, Private Governance

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Property rights, knowledge commons and blockchain governance

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S and Potts J (2021) ‘Property rights, knowledge commons and blockchain governance’ in E. Dekker and P. Kuchar, Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons, Cambridge University Press.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2022
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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blockchains, byzantine generals problem, robust political economy, institutional economics, commons

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Blockchain and Supply Chains: V-Form Organisations, Value Redistributions, De-Commoditisation and Quality Proxies

Allen DWE, Berg A and Markey-Towler B (2019) ‘Blockchain and Supply Chains: V-form Organisations, Value Redistributions, De-commoditisation and Quality Proxies’, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 57-65.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Darcy W E Allen, Alastair Berg and Brendan Markey‐Towler
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Evidn
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Blockchain, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Supply Chain, Blockchain Trade, V-form Organisation

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Hackerspaces as Entrepreneurial Anarchy

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2017
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Positive political anarchy, hackerspaces, innovation problem, entangled political economy.

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Blockchain and the New Economics of Healthcare

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technologies, Healthcare, Health Economics, Electronic Health Records, Institutional Cryptoeconomics

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Quantum Crypto-Economics: Blockchain Prediction Markets for the Evolution of Quantum Technology

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Mar 2021
University of Technology Sydney, RMIT University, RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University, Macquarie University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain, Quantum technology, Quantum crypto-economics

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Why Airdrop Cryptocurrency Tokens?

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Lane, A (forthcoming) 'Why Airdrop Cryptocurrency Tokens?' Journal of Business Research.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Aaron M. Lane
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Airdrops, Cryptocurrency, Tokens, Blockchain, Web3, Marketing

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From Athens to the Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy

Poblet M, Allen DWE, Konashevych O, Lane AM and Diaz Valdivia CA (2020) From Athens to the Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy. Frontiers in Blockchain 3:575662. doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2020.575662
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2020
RMIT University, RMIT University, Idependent researcher, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
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democracy, digital democracy, blockchain, cryptography, oracles, distributed networks, deliberation, decision making.  

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Crypto Airdrops: An Evolutionary Approach

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 May 2023
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Cryptocurrency airdrop, Airdrop, Token airdrop, Web3, Web3 strategy, airdrop design

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Blockchain and Investment: An Austrian Approach

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S and Potts, J, ‘Blockchain and Investment: An Austrian Approach’, Review of Austrian Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain Technology, Austrian Capital Theory, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Cost of Trust

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Buyback and Burn Mechanisms: Price Manipulation or Value Signalling?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
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Buyback and Burn, Network Effects, Web3 Tokens, Cryptocurrency, Token Economics, Tokenomics, Costly Signalling

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Subjective Political Economy

Allen, DWE and C Berg 2017. ‘Subjective Political Economy’, New Perspectives on Political Economy, vol. 13, no 1-2, pp. 19-40
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2018
Darcy W E Allen and Chris Berg
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Institutional Possibility Frontier, Political Economy, Subjective Costs, Austrian Economics, New Comparative Economics

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The Origin of the Entrepreneur and the Role of the Innovation Commons

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Nov 2016
Darcy W E Allen and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Entrepreneurship, fundamental transformation, transaction cost economics, innovation commons

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Entrepreneurial Exit: Developing the Cryptoeconomy

Allen, DWE (2019) ‘Entrepreneurial Exit: Developing the Cryptoeconomy’, in Swan, M, Potts, J, Takagi, S, Tasco, P, Witte, F (eds.), Blockchain Economics, World Scientific, pp. 197-214.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2019
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Cryptoeconomics, Blockchain, New Development Economics, Institutional Entrepreneurship, Institutional Economics, Cryptoeconomy

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The Cryptoeconomics of Cities, Data and Space

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Jowett, K, Novak, M, Potts, J (Forthcoming) ‘The Cryptoeconomics of Cities, Data and Space’, Cosmos + Taxis.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2020
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Location Alliance, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain, Distributed Governance, Smart City, Spontaneous Order, Blockchain Supply Chain, Data Markets, Proof-of-location

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Large Language Models Reduce Agency Costs

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 May 2023
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg, Nataliya Ilyushina and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - Blockchain Innovation Hub and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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generativeAI, ChatGPT, agency costs, theory of the firm, innovation

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Keep Your Friends Close, Your Enemies Closer: The Case for Inclusive Innovation Policy

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Sep 2016
Jason Potts, Darcy W E Allen and Trent MacDonald
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and RMIT University
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innovation policy, inclusive innovation, innovation resistance

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Repugnant Innovation

Allen, D. W. E., Berg, C., and Davidson, S. (forthcoming), Repugnant Innovation, Journal of Institutional Economics.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
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Innovation Economics, Repugnant Markets, Repugnant Innovation, Institutional Entrepreneurship, Evasive Entrepreneurship

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Cryptodemocratic Governance of Special Economic Zones

Allen, DWE and Lane, AM (forthcoming) ‘Cryptodemocratic Governance of Special Economic Zones’, Journal of Special Jurisdictions.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2020
Darcy W E Allen and Aaron M. Lane
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Special Economic Zones, Blockchain Technology, Robust Political Economy, Cryptodemocracy

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The Private Governance of Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Approach to Entrepreneurial Discovery

Allen, DWE (2017) 'The Private Governance of Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Approach to Entrepreneurial Discovery', PhD Dissertation, RMIT University, Melbourne.
Number of pages: 255 Posted: 06 Aug 2019
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Entrepreneurship, Comparative Political Economy, Innovation, Commons, New Institutional Economics, Economics

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The Subjective Political Economy of the Innovation Commons

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2017
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Innovation policy, Institutional Possibility Frontier, subjective political economy, Austrian economics

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The Political Economy of Australian Regulatory Reform

Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Lane, AM and McLaughlin, P. ‘The Political Economy of Australian Regulatory Reform’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Oct 2020
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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RegData, Regulatory Accumulation, Regulatory Reform Policies, Regulatory Analytics

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Red Tape Reform: A New Approach

Allen, Darcy WE, Chris Berg (eds.) Australia's Red Tape Crisis, Conor Court Publishers, Australia, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Dec 2017
Darcy W E Allen
RMIT University
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Over-regulation, Red Tape, Institutional Economics, Meta-regulation, Public Choice, RegData

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The Governance of Cosmos Interchain Security

Number of pages: 31
Darcy W E Allen, Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
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Interchain Security, Shared Security, Cosmos Hub, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, ATOM, Tokenomics

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Smart Contracts as Private Governance Tools

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Nov 2023
Darcy W E Allen and Aaron M. Lane
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Smart contracts, blockchain governance, private governance, digital infrastructure

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Blockchain Governance: What We Can Learn From the Economics of Corporate Governance

Allen, D. W. E. and Berg, C. (2020) ‘Blockchain Governance: What We Can Learn from the Economics of Corporate Governance?’, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association 3 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31585/jbba-3-1-(8)2020
Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Darcy W E Allen and Chris Berg
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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Blockchain Governance, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Economics of Blockchain, Corporate Governance