Chris Berg

RMIT University

124 La Trobe Street

Melbourne, 3000

Australia

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Scholarly Papers (57)

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, RMIT University, RMIT University, Evidn and RMIT University
Downloads 2,359 (10,462)
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Data Markets, Information Economics, Regulation, Financial Innovation, Blockchain

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Blockchains Industrialise Trust

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 1,625 (18,866)
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blockchain, transaction costs, industrialisation, platforms

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Some Public Economics of Blockchain Technology

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 1,224 (28,856)
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blockchain, public economics, public choice, institutional economics, comparative economics

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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
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, Democracy, New comparative economics, New institutional economics, Transaction cost economics, Voting

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

Allen, DWE and Berg, C (Forthcoming) ‘Blockchain Governance: What can we Learn from the Economics of Corporate Governance?’, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2020
Darcy W E Allen and Chris Berg
RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 1,185 (30,227)
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Blockchain Governance, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Economics of Blockchain, Corporate Governance

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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, RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 1,129 (32,462)
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COVID-19, evolutionary economics, pandemics, resilience, institutional economics, regulation

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Ledgers

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Apr 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 1,127 (32,545)
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ledgers, blockchains, institutional economics, cryptoeconomics

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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
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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COVID-19, Coase theorem, externality

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What Diplomacy in the Ancient near East Can Tell Us about Blockchain Technology

Berg, C 2017. ‘What diplomacy in the ancient near east can tell us about blockchain technology’, Ledger, vol. 2, pp. 55-64.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2017
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 919 (43,347)
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Blockchain, Institutional Economics, Diplomatic Protocol, Ancient Near East

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The Institutional Economics of Identity

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 31 May 2018
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 738 (58,402)
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identity, blockchain, institutional economics, property rights, self-sovereign identity

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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, RMIT University, RMIT University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and RMIT University
Downloads 674 (65,762)
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Blockchain, Supply Chain Governance, International Policy Coordination, Trade Costs

12.

An Institutional Theory of Free Speech

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 634 (71,082)
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freedom of speech, institutional economics

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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, RMIT University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 591 (77,600)
Citation 13

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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, RMIT University, Evidn, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and RMIT University
Downloads 560 (82,983)
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institutions, governance, platforms, public policy, technology, transactions costs

15.

Crypto Public Choice

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Sep 2018
Alastair Berg, Chris Berg and Mikayla Novak
RMIT University, RMIT University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 535 (87,835)
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Public choice, blockchain, cryptocurrency, constitutional design, consensus mechanisms, collective action

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Institutional Discovery and Competition in the Evolution of Blockchain Technology

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 504 (94,791)
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Institutional Evolution, Blockchain, Technological Change

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The Case for Generative AI in Scholarly Practice

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Apr 2023
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 495 (97,592)

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artificial intelligence, generative AI, large language models, scholarly practice, property rights, writing

18.

An economic theory of blockchain foundations

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 May 2021
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 494 (96,843)
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blockchain foundations, public goods, crypto economy, costly signalling

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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, RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 430 (114,194)

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blockchain, governance, public choice, innovation, entrepreneurship

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Outsourcing Vertical Integration: Distributed Ledgers and the V-Form Organisation

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Dec 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 420 (117,447)
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blockchain, supply chains, organisation theory

Capitalism After Satoshi: Blockchains, Dehierarchicalisation, Innovation Policy and the Regulatory State

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Dec 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 264 (192,702)
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blockchains, innovation policy, regulatory state, economic policy

Capitalism After Satoshi: Blockchains, Dehierarchicalisation, Innovation Policy, and the Regulatory State

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2018
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Dec 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 154 (317,141)

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Blockchain, Innovation Policy, Industry Policy, Capitalism

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Beyond Money: Cryptocurrencies, Machine-Mediated Transactions and High Frequency Bartering

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Apr 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 418 (118,082)

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institutional cryptoeconomics, money, bitcoin, institutions

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Delegation and Unbundling in a Crypto-Democracy

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jul 2017
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 401 (123,823)
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Crypto-Democracy, Blockchain, Transaction Costs, Institutional Economics, Democracy, Representative Government

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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 RMIT University
Downloads 397 (125,280)

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Regulation, Technological Change, RegTech, Innovation Economics, New Institutional Economics

25.

Trustless Architecture and the V-Form Organisation

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Jun 2020
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 378 (132,504)

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blockchain, industrial organization, trust, opportunism

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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, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 342 (147,814)

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Cryptoeconomics, New Development Economics, Institutional Economics, Institutional Entrepreneurship

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Crypto-macroeconomics

Forthcoming as Chapter 11 in The Legacy of Richard Wagner (eds. P. Boettke and C. Coyne)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Jason Potts, Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 330 (153,481)

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macroeconomoics, blockchain, cryptoeconomics

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Commitment Voting: A Mechanism for Intensity of Preference Revelation and Long-Term Commitment in Blockchain Governance

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 305 (166,931)
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voting, commitment, blockchain, intensity of preferences

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Interoperability as a Critical Design Choice for Central Bank Digital Currencies

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 299 (170,432)

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central bank digital currency, blockchain, interoperability, payments system

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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, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 292 (174,734)
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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
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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blockchains, byzantine generals problem, robust political economy, institutional economics, commons

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Blockchain and the New Economics of Healthcare

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jun 2019
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 265 (192,937)
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Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technologies, Healthcare, Health Economics, Electronic Health Records, Institutional Cryptoeconomics

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Populism and Democracy: A Transaction Cost Diagnosis and a Cryptodemocracy Treatment

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Nov 2017
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 265 (192,937)
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Crypto-Democracy, Blockchain, Transaction Costs, Institutional Economics, Democracy, Representative Government, populism

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blockchain, rentseeking, governance

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Identity Technologies: A Transaction Cost Approach

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Feb 2020
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 250 (204,413)

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identity, privacy, institutional economics, technology, blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs

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Exit, Voice, and Forking

Berg A and Berg C (2020) 'Exit, Voice, and Forking', Cosmos + Taxis', vol. 8, no. 8+9, pp. 76-89.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2020
Alastair Berg and Chris Berg
RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 244 (209,238)
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Institutional change, forking, open-source software, blockchains, Australia, New Australia

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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, RMIT University, RMIT University, Macquarie University and RMIT University
Downloads 242 (210,909)

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Blockchain, Quantum technology, Quantum crypto-economics

38.

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, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Airdrops, Cryptocurrency, Tokens, Blockchain, Web3, Marketing

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Identity As Input to Exchange

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 May 2018
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 216 (235,173)
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Identity, Blockchain, Transaction Cost Economics, New Institutional Economics

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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
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Blockchain Technology, Austrian Capital Theory, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Cost of Trust

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Panic, Information and Quantity Assurance in a Pandemic

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Apr 2020
Vijay Mohan, Chris Berg and Marta Poblet
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 196 (257,060)
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Pandemic, panic, hoarding, information, supply chain, coordination, quantity assurance

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From Industry Associations to Ecosystem Associations: Blockchain, Interest Groups and Public Choice

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
RMIT University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center, RMIT University and RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Downloads 191 (263,138)
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blockchain, economic coordination, ecosystem, interest groups, governance, Mancur Olson

43.

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 RMIT University
Downloads 186 (270,819)
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Institutional Possibility Frontier, Political Economy, Subjective Costs, Austrian Economics, New Comparative Economics

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Buyback and Burn Mechanisms: Price Manipulation or Value Signalling?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Buyback and Burn, Network Effects, Web3 Tokens, Cryptocurrency, Token Economics, Tokenomics, Costly Signalling

45.

Blockchains and Constitutional Catallaxy

Berg A, Berg C and Novak M (2020) 'Blockchains and Constitutional Catallaxy', Constitutional Political Economy, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 188-204.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Alastair Berg, Chris Berg and Mikayla Novak
RMIT University, RMIT University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 182 (274,623)
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constitution, constitutional catallaxy, constitutional entrepreneurship, de jure vs de facto constitution, blockchain, distributed ledger technology

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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, RMIT University, Location Alliance, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and 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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Media Regulation: A Critique of Finkelstein and Tiffen

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Oct 2015
Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 148 (327,310)
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Media, Regulation, Public Choice

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Regulation and Red Tape in a Small Open Economy

Chris Berg, "Regulation and Red Tape in a Small Open Economy" in Darcy WE Allen and Chris Berg (eds.) Australia's Red Tape Crisis: The causes and costs of over-regulation, Connor Court Publishing, Brisbane (2018): 9-27.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018
Chris Berg
RMIT University
Downloads 138 (346,008)
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regulation, red tape, australia, reform

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A Genuine Commercial Justification for Interchange Fees

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Mar 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
Downloads 130 (362,195)
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Interchange Fees, Payments System, Transaction Cost Economics

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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
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Innovation Economics, Repugnant Markets, Repugnant Innovation, Institutional Entrepreneurship, Evasive Entrepreneurship

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Large Language Models Reduce Agency Costs

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 May 2023
RMIT University, RMIT University, RMIT University - Blockchain Innovation Hub and RMIT University
Downloads 122 (379,809)

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generativeAI, ChatGPT, agency costs, theory of the firm, innovation

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Adam Smith and Jeremy Bentham in the Australian Colonies

History of Economics Review, 2017, Volume 68(1), pp 2-16
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 May 2020
Chris Berg
RMIT University
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Australia, history of economic thought, economic history, Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, William Paley, utilitarianism

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Voting With Time Commitment for Decentralized Governance: Bond Voting as a Sybil-Resistant Mechanism

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Nov 2022
Vijay Mohan, Peyman Khezr and Chris Berg
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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Decentralized governance, blockchain, smart contract, voting, Sybil resistance, plutocracy, bonds

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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, RMIT University, 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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Liberalism is Enduring and Urgent

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Dec 2018
Chris Berg
RMIT University
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liberalism, technology, democracy, populism

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The Hart Asset at the Heart of Your Organisation

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Sinclair Davidson, Chris Berg and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and RMIT University
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strategic assets, theory of the firm, innovation, Oliver Hart

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The Problem of Ubiquitous Computing for Regulatory Costs

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 May 2023
Chris Berg
RMIT University
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regulation, public choice, decentralised finance, defi, artificial intelligence, open source