Usman W. Chohan

UNSW Business School

Economist

UNSW Business School

High St

Sydney, NSW 2052

Australia

Critical Blockchain Research Initiative (CBRI)

Research Director

Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS)

Director - Economics & National Affairs

Rawalpindi

Pakistan

  • UNSW Business School

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  • Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS)

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1.

Cryptocurrencies: A Brief Thematic Review

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Virtual Money, Disruption

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Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): Risks, Regulation, and Accountability

Discussion ​Paper Series: Notes ​on the ​21st​ ​Century
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 4,194 (1,999)
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Initial Coin Offering, ICO, Cryptocurrency, Regulation, Blockchain, Bitcoin

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A History of Bitcoin

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 3,348 (2,959)
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bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital, satoshi nakamoto

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The Double Spending Problem and Cryptocurrencies

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 2,545 (4,704)
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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Accountability, Double Spending, Hash Rate

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The Panama Papers and Tax Morality

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Apr 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 2,194 (6,048)
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Panama Papers, Tax Havens, Tax Morality, Fiscal Reform, Fiscal Oversight, Governance

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Assessing the Differences in Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrency Legality Across National Jurisdictions

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Sep 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 2,156 (6,219)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Digital, Regulation, Blockchain

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What Is One Belt One Road? A Surplus Recycling Mechanism Approach

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 2,091 (6,545)
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One Belt One Road, China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Varoufakis, Surplus Recycling Mechanism, Development, Pakistan, China

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The Decentralized Autonomous Organization and Governance Issues

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 1,793 (8,534)
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Blockchain, Autonomous Organization, DAO, Cryptocurrency, Governance

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Universal Basic Income: A Review

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 1,348 (13,532)
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Basic Income, Universal Basic Income, Inequality, Labour

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The Concept and Criticisms of Steemit

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Feb 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 833 (27,743)
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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Anarchism, Structure, Steem, Ethereum

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The Leisures of Blockchains: Exploratory Analysis

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 755 (31,769)
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Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Technology, Leisure, Play

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The Cryptocurrency Tumblers: Risks, Legality and Oversight

Discussion ​Paper ​Series: Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 613 (42,084)
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Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Regulation; Blockchain, Money laundering

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Cryptoanarchism and Cryptocurrencies

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 611 (42,190)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptoanarchy, Anarchism, Surveillance, Blockchain

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Cryptocurrencies as Asset-Backed Instruments: The Venezuelan Petro

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Feb 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 551 (48,311)
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Monetary Policy, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Central Bank, Accountability, Development, Political Economy

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Bitcoins and Bank Runs: Analysis of Market Imperfections and Investor Hysterics

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 23 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 510 (53,278)
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Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Crisis, Panic, Investor Psychology

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What Is a Ricardian Contract?

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 416 (68,450)
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Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Contracts, Legal, Law, Accounting, Smart Contract, Ricardian Contract, Digital, Innovation

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A History of Dogecoin

Discussion Series: Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 390 (73,923)
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blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, dogecoin

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The Problems of Cryptocurrency Thefts and Exchange Shutdowns

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 382 (75,749)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Theft, Exchanges, Oversight, Accountability, Shutdowns, Regulation

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Blockchain and the Extractive Industries: Cobalt Case Study

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 348 (84,408)
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Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Conflict Diamonds, Mining, Minerals

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Proof-of-Stake Algorithmic Methods: A Comparative Summary

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 344 (85,561)
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Bitcoin, Proof-of-Stake, Proof-of-Research, Mining, Proof-of-Work, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain

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Oversight and Regulation of Cryptocurrencies: BitLicense

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 315 (94,335)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Bitlicense, Blockchain, Regulation

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Blockchain and Securities Exchanges: Australian Case Study

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 15 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 285 (105,159)
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Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Securities, Stock market, Equities, Technology, ASX

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A Green New Deal: Discursive Review and Appraisal

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Mar 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Green New Deal, Stimulus Program, Environmental Economics, Ecofeminism, Ecosocialism, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Bitconnect and Cryptocurrency Accountability

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 235 (128,429)
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Bitconnect, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Oversight, Accountability, Regulation, Finance

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Tethering Cryptocurrencies to Fiat Currencies Without Transparency: A Case Study

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 223 (135,158)
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Tether, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Fiat Money, Central Banks, Regulation, Financial Regulation, Accountability

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Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Performance: Risks and Challenges

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Apr 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Investment, Financial Markets, Hedge Funds

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International Law Enforcement Responses to Cryptocurrency Accountability: Interpol Working Group

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 12 May 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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law enforcement, cryptocurrencies, darknet, bitcoin, blockchain, accountability, legal

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Environmentalism in Cryptoanarchism: Gridcoin Case Study

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 200 (149,787)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gridcoin, Electricity, Research Institutions

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Are Stable Coins Stable?

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRi), 2019
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 169 (174,474)
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Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Tether, Volatility, Exchange Rates, Central Banks

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The Licentious Blockchains: Outlining an Altcoin Subgenre

Discussion Paper Series: Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 158 (184,771)
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cryptocurrency, bitcoin, cryptography, financial assets, pornography,

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Blockchain Enhancing Political Accountability? Sierra Leone 2018 Case

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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blockchain, accountability, cryptocurrency, elections, parliament, bitcoin, democracy

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The Parliamentary Budget Office and Parliamentary Oversight of the Extractive Industries in South Africa

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jul 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 119 (231,456)
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Parliamentary Budget Office, legislature, budget, oversight, extractive industries, natural resources

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The Narcotized Blockchain: A Potcoin Case Study

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Feb 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 114 (238,900)
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blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, marijuana, potcoin, legalization

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Are Cryptocurrencies Securities?

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 Jul 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, ICO, SEC, Accountability

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The FATF in the Global Financial Architecture: Challenges and Implications

CASS Working Papers on Economics & National Affairs, EC001UC (2019)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Terrorism, Financial Action Task Force, APG, FATF, Money Laudering, Pakistan, Radicalism

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Fiscal Experiences with Bitcoin: Bulgarian Case Study

Discussion Paper Series: Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 97 (266,978)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Money-Laundering, Fiscal Policy, Investment, Bulgaria

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‘I Inherited a Mess’: Evidence from Legislative Budget Office Fiscal Projections at the Beginning of the Trump Era

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Feb 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 97 (266,978)
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Donald Trump, Budget, Deficit, Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Legislative Budget Office, Independent Fiscal Institutions

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Legislative Budget Offices and Market Sentiment Impact: The Case of Trumpcare

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 90 (280,072)
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financial markets, CBO, budget, fiscal policy, equities, healthcare, Trump

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Ex-Ante or Ex-Post? Oversight and Parliamentary Budget Offices

Discussion Paper Series: The Art and Science of Legislative Budget Offices (2017)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Apr 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 83 (294,556)
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Accountability, Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Legislative Budget Offices, Parliamentary Budget Offices

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Trump's Mathematical Error in the 2017-18 Budget: Budget Office Perspectives

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 25 May 2017 Last Revised: 28 May 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 81 (298,933)
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Donald Trump; Budgeting; Fiscal Oversight; Congressional Budget Office; Alternative Facts; 2017 Budget

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Independent Fiscal Institutions at the Supranational Level: The European Fiscal Board

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Dec 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 72 (320,024)
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Budget Offices, European Union, Fiscal Policy, Governance, Accountability, Independent Fiscal Institutions, European Central Bank

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The Waves Platform and the Dissemination of New Cryptocurrencies

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 63 (343,568)
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Blockchain, Proof of Stake, Bitcoin, Waves, Cryptocurrency, Platform

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Corporate Leverage in Emerging Markets: Discussing the Implications for Legislative Fiscal Oversight

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 11 Feb 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 61 (349,112)
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Leverage; Emerging Markets; Corporate Debt; Debt Crisis; Accountability; Governance

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Cryptocurrencies and Hyperinflation

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 60 (351,994)
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Cryptocurrency, Hyperinflation, Bitcoin, Money Supply, Monetary Authority, Default, Currency

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Blockchain and the Extractive Industries #2: Diamonds Case Study

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Mar 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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blockchain, oversight, accountability, extractive industiries, diamonds, cryptocurrency, natural resources

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Robust Reverse-Accountability in the Budget Process: Lessons from the Independent Review of the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office

Discussion Paper Series: The Art and Science of Legislative Budget Offices, 2017
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Transparency, Accountability, Parliamentary Budget Office, Institutions, Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Parliament, Legislative Budget Offices, Independent Fiscal Institutions

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The Case for a Legislative Budget Office in Vanuatu

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 58 (357,884)
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Vanuatu, Budget, Legislative Budget Office, Fiscal Policy, Cyclone, Cyclone PAM, Reconstruction

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Challenges in Measuring the Effectiveness of Legislative Budget Offices

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Oct 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 54 (370,342)
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Legislative Budget Offices; Governance; Oversight; Fiscal Policy; Macroeconomics

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Are Cryptocurrencies Truly ‘Trustless’?

(CBRI) Discussion Paper: Notes on the 21st Century, February 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 52 (376,614)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, QuadrigaCX, Cryptoanarchism, Blockchain

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The Limits to Blockchain? Scaling vs. Decentralization

Discussion Paper Series: Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Mar 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 49 (386,467)

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Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, IOTA, Distributed Ledger

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The Case for a Legislative Budget Office in the Solomon Islands

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 49 (386,467)
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Budget, Solomon Islands, Development, Accountability, Fiscal Policy

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legislative oversight, congressional budget office, office of management and budget, budget, deficit, accountability, Donald Trump, 2016 election, fiscal policy

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Fiscal Sustainability: Canada's Parliamentary Budget Office and the Dwindling Price of Oil

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Feb 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 48 (390,009)
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Natural Resources, Accountability, Canada, Oversight, Legislative Studies, Oil, Extractive Industries

54.

Cryptocurrencies and Inequality

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 30 Jan 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 47 (393,390)
Citation 13

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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Inequality, Wealth, Cryptoanarchism

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Terminal Risks for Independent Fiscal Institutions: Lessons from IFIs in Hungary and Venezuela

Discussion Paper Series: The Art and Science of Legislative Budget Offices
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 47 (393,390)
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Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, Accountability, Transparency, Parliamentary Budget Offices, Institutions, Debts, Deficits

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Contextualizing Russia's Ratings Agency: ACRA

Emerging Market Fiscal Oversight and Governance Mechanisms, March 2016
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Mar 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 45 (400,381)

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Russia; Credit Ratings; Fiscal Oversight; Emerging Markets; Governance; Extractive Industries

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Is a Legislative Budget Office Compatible with the Nostrums of an 'Alternative-Facts' and Post-Truth Era?

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Feb 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 42 (411,319)
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Trump, Budget, Congressional Budget Office, Fiscal Policy, Accountability, Institutions, Republicans, Sustainability

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Social Media Monopolies and Cryptocurrencies: Facebook's Proposed Coin

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 39 (422,656)

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Facebook, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, ICO, DAO, cryptoanarchism, digital, social media

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Cryptocurrencies & Traditional Banks

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Mar 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 38 (426,792)
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Bitcoin, JP Morgan, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Banking System

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Blockchain and Environmental Sustainability: Case of IBM's Blockchain Water Management

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Mar 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 38 (426,792)
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Blockchain, Bitcoin, IBM, Internet of Things, California, Water Management, Drought, Cap Trade

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بٹ کوئن کیا چیز ہے؟ (What is Bitcoin?)

Discussion Paper Series: Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Dec 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 35 (439,007)

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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

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Immigration Policy and its Costs: The Case of Nonpartisan Budget Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Sep 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Immigration Policy, Budget, DACA, Immigration, Fiscal Policy, Congressional Budget Office

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Cryptocurrencies and Municipal Fiscal Strategies #1: Case of Berkeley

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Apr 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 32 (451,764)

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Municipal government, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, blockchain, public finance, accountability

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Ireland's Parliamentary Budget Office: Role and Scope in the Oireachtas

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 31 (456,447)
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Ireland, Budget Office, Oireachtas, Parliamentary Budget Office, Fiscal Council, Budget, Fiscal Policy, Accountability

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The Key Man Problem in Cryptocurrencies?: Case of QuadrigaCX

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 29 (465,869)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptoanarchism, Smart Contracts, Finance, Exchange, Key Man Risk

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The Academic as Shaman

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Aug 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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academia, public value, shamanism, neoliberalism, shaman

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The Case for a Parliamentary Budget Office in Papua New Guinea

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 26 (481,163)
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Papua New Guinea, Parliamentary Budget Office, Fiscal Policy, Extractive Industries, Budgeting, Accountability

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Misery and Student Debt: The PBO's Costing of the HELP Program

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 May 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Student Debt; Student Loans; Parliamentary Budget Office; Public Finance; Education

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God in the Machine: the Use of Blockchain Technology in Organized Religious Praxis

Discussion Paper Series: Notes on the 21st Century, Critical Blockchain Research Initiative (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 24 (492,099)
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Blockchain, Bitcoin, Religion, Church

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The Polish Protests of December 2016 Contextualized as a Participatory Budgeting Problem

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Dec 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 24 (492,099)
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Budget Reform, Legislatures, Legislative Budget Offices, Transparency, Accountability, Poland, Eastern Europe, Economic Reform, Activism, Protest

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National Action Plans for Blockchain Development

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), March, 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Apr 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 23 (497,604)

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Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Networks, National Action Plan, Technology Policy

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The Next Bitcoin Halving

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), March 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Apr 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 22 (503,271)
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Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Central Banks, Money Supply

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Parliamentary Oversight and the Fake News Problem: A Singaporean Context

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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legislature, parliament, fake news, oversight, accountability, social media

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لو شون کا اعتراف دیوانگی در زبان اردو - (Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman)

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Lu Xun; Chinese Literature; Chinese Philosophy; Feudalism; Urdu Translation

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Decentralized Applications (dApps): A Short Primer

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI) Discussion Paper Series
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 20 (514,680)

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Blockchain, DAO, Applications, Cryptocurrencies, Information Technology, Developers, P2P, Sharing

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The Canadian 2017 Budget Implementation Act and the Impact on the Parliamentary Budget Office

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Apr 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 19 (520,531)
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Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Accountability, Legislative Budget Offices, Independent Fiscal Institutions, Canada, Parliament, Trudeau

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Periodicity in Parliamentary Budget Offices: The Case of New South Wales

Discussion Paper Series: The Art and Science of Legislative Budget Offices, 2017
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 19 (520,531)
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Parliamentary Budget Office, Budgeting, Transparency, Accountability, Fiscal Policy, Institutions, Australia, New South Wales, Legislative Budget Offcie, Independent Fiscal Institutions

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Bitcoin, Renewable Energy, and Developing Countries: The Case of Paraguay

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jan 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Development, Paraguay, Hydroelectricity, Blockchain, Brazil

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The Parliamentary Budget Office of Zimbabwe: Role and Scope

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Zimbabwe, Budget Process, African Economy, Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Budget Reform

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The Case for a Legislative Budget Office in East Timor

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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East Timor, Development, Budget, Legislative Budget Office, Petroleum Fund, Extractive Industries

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Emergent Interdisciplinarity in Studying Legislative Budget Offices: Evidence from 2016

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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budgets, parliamentary budget offices, public finance, debt, fiscal policy, public administration, political design, legislatures, legislative budget offices

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Can the Public Service Antagonize Parliamentary Budget Offices?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 16 (537,769)
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Bureaucracy, Budget, Parliamentary Budget Office, Canada, Fiscal Policy, Public Service

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Total Fiscal Costings of Election Promises: Case of Canada's Parliamentary Budget Office

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Jul 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 16 (537,769)
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Canada, Election, Parliamentary Budget Office, Budget, Fiscal Policy

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Budget Offices and Educating Citizens about the Budget Process: Case of Austin Budget Office

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
Downloads 16 (537,769)
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Accountability, Fiscal Policy, Municipal Government, Citizen Budgets, Budgeting, Texas

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The Leisures of Blockchains #2: Gambling on the Blockchain

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI) 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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blockchain, cryptocurrency, tron, ethereum, gambling, regulation

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The Use of the Survey Instrument in a Legislative Budget Office Context

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Nov 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Fiscal Policy, Budgets, Governance, Oversight, Accoutability, Australia

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Cryptocurrencies and Financial Conduct

Notes on the 21st Century
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 Feb 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Cryptocurrency, Financial Regulation, Financial Fraud, Bitcoin

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India: Potential for a Parliamentary Budget Office

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 30 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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India, Budget, Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Legislatures, Parliament, Parliamentary Budget Office

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Preventing Water Scarcity: The Role of Parliaments and of Parliamentary Budget Offices

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 11 Dec 2016
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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water, water management, fiscal policy, budgets, parliaments, parliamentary budget offices, sustainability

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A Bargaining Theory of Malevolence: The 2019 Pulwama War

CASS Working Papers on Economics & National Affairs, EC004UC
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jun 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Game Theory, Bargaining Theory, Economics, Conflict, War, Defense Economics, Pulwama, India-Pakistan Relations

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A Bargaining Theory of Political Bias and War: Case Study of the BJP

CASS Working Papers on Economics & National Affairs, May 2019
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jun 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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bargaining theory, india, pakistan, game theory, politics, war, pulwama

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Fiscal Sustainability: A Historical Analysis of Pakistan’s Debt Conundrum

CASS Working Papers on Economics and National Affairs, EC005UC
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jun 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Debt, Emerging Markets, Fiscal Policy, IMF, Bailout, Balance Sheet, Liabilities, Pakistan

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Independence within the Parliamentary Budget Office of Greece

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 16 Apr 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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budget, greece, fiscal policy, oversight, parliament, crisis

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Victoria's New Parliamentary Budget Office: Fiscal Context and Technical Prospects

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Victoria, Parliamentary Budget Office, Subnational Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, Oversight, Accountability

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The Dilemmas of Confidential Information in Parliamentary Budget Offices: 2018 Canadian Case

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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budget, Canada, accountability, PBO, transparency, public finance

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Legislative Budget Offices and Costings of Welfare Spending Claims for Foreigners and Non-Citizens

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Australia, Parliamentary Budget Office, Welfare, Entitlement Spending, Fiscal Policy, Transparency, Budget, Oversight, Citizenship, Immigrants

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The Concept of the Aerotropolis: A Review

CASS Working Papers on Economics and National Affairs, EC006UC
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Jul 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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aviation, aerotropolis, airport city, urban development

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Defense Economics: Perspectives on Air Forces, Air Defense and Aerial Warfare

CASS Working Papers on Economics & National Affairs, EC002UC
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 May 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Defense, Military, Economics, Public Good, Public Value, Air Force, Aerospace

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The Misattribution of Fiscal Analysis: Case of the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office and the Liberal Party

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Australia, Parliamentary Budget Office, Treasury, Misattribution, Fiscal Illusion, Transparency, Accountability, Institutional Ethics, Ethics, Budgeting, Fiscal Policy

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Can Budget Offices Fall Short of Their Costing Mandate? Case of South Africa's Nuclear Energy Costings

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Jul 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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South Africa, Parliamentary Budget Office, Nuclear Energy, Budget Reform, Fiscal Policy

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The Case for a Parliamentary Budget Office in Western Australia

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Western Australia, Parliamentary Budget Office, Australian Economy, Mining Boom

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The Net Run Rate System: Calculus and Critique

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Jul 2019
Usman W. Chohan
UNSW Business School
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Cricket, Net Run Rate, Sport, Manipulation, Scoring, World Cup