Institutional economics and public choice

Institutional analysis: the piece explains outcomes through rules and institutions, property rights, transaction costs, political incentives, rent seeking or public choice reasoning.

How to Do Research With AI: An Austrian Capital Theory Approach

Journal articles · Berg, C. (2026) · Australian Economic Papers 65(3): 340–348
Dynamic Capabilities and the Knowledge Problem of Ex Ante Platform Regulation

Working papers · Allen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRN
The Economics of Blockchain Shared Security

Book chapters · Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2026) · in Cryptoeconomic Theory, World Scientific, pp. 35–51
Rent Seeking as a Response to Multisided Market Collapse: The Case of Australia’s News Media Bargaining Regime

Working papers · Allen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRN
The AI Paperclip Maximiser as Constitutional Political Economy

Working papers · Berg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Working paper, SSRN
Payments and Competition in a Digital Economy

Submissions and reports · Berg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Schemes, Digital Wallets and Innovation in the Payments Sector
Institutional Acceleration

Books · 26 May 2025 · with Darcy W.E. Allen and Jason Potts
Information and markets for a circular economy

Submissions and reports · Berg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2025) · Submission to the Productivity Commission’s interim report on Australia’s circular economy: Unlocking the opportunities
The Blockchain Treasury Governance Dilemma

Journal articles · Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2025) · Regulation & Governance 19(3): 761–776
Policy Without Policymaking: Australia’s New Digital Competition Regime Is Primarily Designed to Get Through Parliament

Commentary · Truth on the Market · 21 December 2024 · with Aaron M. Lane

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