Sinclair Davidson

RMIT University

124 La Trobe Street

Melbourne, 3000

Australia

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Scholarly Papers (47)

1.

Economics of Blockchain

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Mar 2016
Sinclair Davidson, Primavera De Filippi and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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blockchain, cryptoeconomics, catallaxy, public choice institutional economics

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Disrupting Governance: The New Institutional Economics of Distributed Ledger Technology

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Jul 2016
Sinclair Davidson, Primavera De Filippi and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 5,608 (2,586)
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blockchain, distributed ledger technology, innovation, cryptoeconomics, institutional economics, governance, technological revolution

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Blockchains Industrialise Trust

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 1,637 (19,262)
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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 1,233 (29,408)
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blockchain, public economics, public choice, institutional economics, comparative economics

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The Cost of Trust: A Pilot Study

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Sinclair Davidson, Mikayla Novak and Jason Potts
RMIT University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 1,169 (31,815)
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blockchain, measurement, opportunism, transaction costs, trust

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Ledgers

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Apr 2018
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 1,168 (31,849)
Citation 13

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ledgers, blockchains, institutional economics, cryptoeconomics

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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 (33,263)
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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)
Downloads 1,066 (36,255)

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COVID-19, Coase theorem, externality

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Blockchains and the Economic Institutions of Capitalism

Journal of Institutional Economics, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 2017
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Sep 2018
Sinclair Davidson, Primavera De Filippi and Jason Potts
RMIT University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 950 (42,721)
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blockchain, capitalism, institutional economics, organization

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The Institutional Economics of Identity

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 31 May 2018
Alastair Berg, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 752 (58,676)
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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, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 685 (66,485)
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Blockchain, Supply Chain Governance, International Policy Coordination, Trade 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
Downloads 517 (94,392)
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blockchain foundations, public goods, crypto economy, costly signalling

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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 508 (96,421)
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Institutional Evolution, Blockchain, Technological Change

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Stubbing Out the Evidence of Tobacco Plain Packaging Efficacy: An Analysis of the Australian National Tobacco Plain Packaging Survey

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 May 2016
Sinclair Davidson and Ashton de Silva
RMIT University and RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Downloads 497 (98,993)
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Tobacco control, Plain Packaging

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R&D, Agency Costs and Capital Structure: International Evidence

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Dec 2003
Robert D. Brooks and Sinclair Davidson
Monash University and RMIT University
Downloads 478 (103,807)

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R&D, Agency Costs, Capital Structure

From Corporate Governance to Crypto-Governance

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 May 2021
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
Downloads 454 (109,175)

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Blockchain, Governance, Corporate Governance

From Corporate Governance to Crypto-Governance

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
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Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, Governance

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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 429 (117,880)
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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 266 (196,633)
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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 158 (318,807)
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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 421 (120,517)
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institutional cryptoeconomics, money, bitcoin, institutions

20.

Economic and Political Freedom as Determinants of the 1997-98 Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
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Trustless Architecture and the V-Form Organisation

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Jun 2020
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 385 (133,565)

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blockchain, industrial organization, trust, opportunism

22.

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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 315 (165,954)
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voting, commitment, blockchain, intensity of preferences

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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)
Downloads 296 (177,119)
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blockchains, byzantine generals problem, robust political economy, institutional economics, commons

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Corporate Governance in a Crypto-World

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 May 2022
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 290 (181,003)
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blockchain, corporate governance, political governance

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A New Institutional Approach to Innovation Policy

Australian Economic Review Policy Forum: Research and Innovation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 272 (193,261)
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innovation policy, new institutional economics, institutional possibility frontier

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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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identity, privacy, institutional economics, technology, blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs

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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)
Downloads 254 (206,904)

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Blockchain, Quantum technology, Quantum crypto-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
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)
Downloads 218 (239,697)

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Blockchain Technology, Austrian Capital Theory, Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Cost of Trust

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Identity As Input to Exchange

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 May 2018
Alastair Berg, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 218 (239,697)
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Identity, Blockchain, Transaction Cost Economics, New Institutional Economics

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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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The Stationary Bandit Model of Intellectual Property

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jun 2016
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 177 (289,177)
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intellectual property, stationary bandit model, institutional quality, tax havens

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Social Costs and the Institutions of Innovation Policy

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 173 (295,054)
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innovation policy, comparative economic institutions, new institutional economics, Schumpeterian economics, market failure, rent-seeking

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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and RMIT University
Downloads 149 (334,550)
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Media, Regulation, Public Choice

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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
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 134 (365,662)
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Interchange Fees, Payments System, Transaction Cost Economics

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The Economic Institutions of Artificial Intelligence

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 May 2023 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
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Artificial Intelligence, Bounded Rationality, Information Problem

Blockchain and the Information – Calculation Problem

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Dec 2022
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
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Blockchain, Economic calculation, Information

Blockchain and the Information - Calculation Problem

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Feb 2023
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
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Blockchain, Economic Calculation, Information

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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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What the Government Demanded As Proof for Plain Packaging Efficacy: An Analysis the Public Health Lobby Did Not Perform

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 May 2017
Sinclair Davidson and Ashton de Silva
RMIT University and RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Downloads 131 (369,940)

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Tobacco control, Plain Packaging

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We Want a Republic, God Save the Queen: An Australian Case Study in Democratic Choice

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Mar 2002
Sinclair Davidson, Tim R.L. Fry and Kelly Jarvis
RMIT University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research
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Referendum, Constitution, Voting

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Business Trust Re-engineering: Business Process Reengineering is back, this time with blockchain

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Sep 2022
Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 114 (410,164)

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Blockchain, Business Process Reengineering, web3, Organisational strategy, Cryptoeconomics

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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, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 68 (567,257)

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strategic assets, theory of the firm, innovation, Oliver Hart

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Location, Taxation, and Governments: An Exchange Theory of Intellectual Property

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Nov 2019
Sinclair Davidson, Vijay Mohan and Jason Potts
RMIT University, RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 67 (571,768)

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intellectual property, stationary bandit model, institutional quality, tax havens, tax competition, strategic trade policy

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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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From CAOs to DAOs

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Aug 2023
Sinclair Davidson
RMIT University
Downloads 46 (681,401)
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Centralised Autonomous Organisation, Decentralised Autonomous Organisation, Governance, Management.

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The Organisation of Casinos

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Jun 2023
Andrew Russell, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
Downloads 33 (770,644)

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Casinos, Gambling, Governance, Organisation

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Institutions to constrain chaotic robots: why generative AI needs blockchain

Number of pages: 11
Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), RMIT University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University)
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generative AI, large language models, smart contracts, blockchains, alignment, AI safety, risk, economic alignment