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.
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How to Do Research With AI: An Austrian Capital Theory ApproachBerg, C. (2026) · Australian Economic Papers 65(3): 340–348Dynamic Capabilities and the Knowledge Problem of Ex Ante Platform RegulationAllen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRNThe Economics of Blockchain Shared SecurityAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2026) · in Cryptoeconomic Theory, World Scientific, pp. 35–51Rent Seeking as a Response to Multisided Market Collapse: The Case of Australia’s News Media Bargaining RegimeAllen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRNThe AI Paperclip Maximiser as Constitutional Political EconomyBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Working paper, SSRNThe Blockchain Treasury Governance DilemmaAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2025) · Regulation & Governance 19(3): 761–776The exchange theory of web3 governanceAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Lane, A.M., MacDonald, T. and Potts, J. (2023) · Working paper, SSRNRepugnant innovationAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Journal of Institutional Economics 19(6): 918–929On Coase and COVID-19Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2022) · European Journal of Law and Economics 54(1): 107–125Property Rights, Knowledge Commons, and Blockchain GovernanceAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2021) · in Dekker, E. and Kuchař, P. (eds) Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons, Cambridge University Press, pp. 159–175
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Rentseeking in blockchain governance: the awkward transition from market decisionmaking to non-market decisionmakingBerg, C. (2021) · Working paper, SSRNExit, Voice, and ForkingBerg, A. and Berg, C. (2020) · Journal articlesBlockchain Governance: What we can Learn from the Economics of Corporate GovernanceAllen, D. and Berg, C. (2020) · The Journal of the British Blockchain AssociationIdentity technologies: A transaction cost approachBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · Working paper, SSRNBlockchain and Investment: An Austrian ApproachAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · The Review of Austrian Economics 34(1): 149–162Proof of work as a three sided marketBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · Frontiers in Blockchain 3Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation PolicyAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Markey-Towler, B., Novak, M. and Potts, J. (2020) · Research Policy 49(1): 103865Blockchain technology as economic infrastructure: Revisiting the electronic markets hypothesisBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · Frontiers in Blockchain 2Capitalism after SatoshiBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 9(2): 152–164Blockchain and the New Economics of HealthcareAllen, D., Berg, C., Pochesneva, A. and Potts, J. (2019) · Working paper, SSRNSome Economic Consequences of the GDPRAllen, D.W.E., Berg, A., Berg, C., Markey‐Towler, B. and Potts, J. (2019) · Economics BulletinTowards Crypto-friendly Public PolicyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · in Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers, World Scientific, pp. 215–232From Industry Associations to Ecosystem Associations: Blockchain, Interest Groups and Public ChoiceBerg, C., Novak, M., Potts, J. and Thomas, S.J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNCrypto Public ChoiceBerg, A., Berg, C. and Novak, M. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNInstitutional Discovery and Competition in the Evolution of Blockchain TechnologyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNCryptodemocracy and its institutional possibilitiesAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Lane, A.M. and Potts, J. (2018) · The Review of Austrian Economics 33(3): 363–374Identity as Input to ExchangeBerg, A., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNSubjective Political EconomyAllen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2017) · New Perspectives on Political Economy 13(1-2): 19–40What Diplomacy in the Ancient Near East Can Tell Us About Blockchain TechnologyBerg, C. (2017) · Ledger 2: 55–64Blockchains Industrialise TrustBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2017) · Working paper, SSRNThe Institutional Economics of IdentityBerg, A., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2017) · Working paper, SSRNPopulism and Democracy: A Transaction Cost Diagnosis and a Cryptodemocracy TreatmentBerg, C. (2017) · Working paper, SSRNDelegation and Unbundling in a Crypto-DemocracyBerg, C. (2017) · Working paper, SSRNAn Institutional Theory of Free SpeechBerg, C. (2017) · Working paper, SSRNSafety and Soundness: An economic history of prudential bank regulation in Australia, 1893-2008Berg, C. (2016) · PhD thesis, RMIT UniversitySection 18C, Human Rights, and Media Reform: An Institutional Analysis of the 2011–13 Australian Free Speech DebateBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2016) · Agenda – A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 23(1)Evidence-based medicine: A predictably flawed paradigmKeane, M. and Berg, C. (2016) · Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 9: 49–52
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Payments and Competition in a Digital EconomyBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Schemes, Digital Wallets and Innovation in the Payments SectorInformation and markets for a circular economyBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2025) · Submission to the Productivity Commission’s interim report on Australia’s circular economy: Unlocking the opportunitiesThe sharing economy: How over-regulation could destroy an economic revolutionBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2014) · Institute of Public AffairsUnderdevelopment in the Middle EastBerg, C. (2011) · Speeches and presentations
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Policy Without Policymaking: Australia’s New Digital Competition Regime Is Primarily Designed to Get Through ParliamentTruth on the Market · 21 Dec 2024Taxpayers should not bail out journalism. They do so already!Crikey · 23 Aug 2024The institutional economics of quantum computingMedium post · 20 Jun 2024Building a grammar of blockchain governanceMedium post · 16 Jun 2021Australia’s Confused Tech Regulators Are Cracking Down on Google for Using LinksReason · 10 Sep 2020What we’ve learned from working with AgoricMedium post · 9 Sep 2020Blockchain innovation and public policyJournal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy · 20 Jun 2020Why Blockchain Technology Could Be the Key to Solving the Developing World’s Biggest Problems7 May 2019The use of knowledge in computers: introducing nanoeconomics30 Dec 2018Should I use a blockchain?9 Nov 2018The rational crypto-expectations revolutionMedium post · 19 Jul 2018Crypto constitutionalismMedium post · 16 May 2018The blockchain economy: what should the government do?Medium post · 11 Nov 2017Byzantine political economyMedium post · 25 Oct 2017People or profit: How does the Greens’ corporation plan stack up?ABC The Drum · 24 May 2016Furniture, Rent-Seeking And The Problem With LawsABC The Drum · 1 Mar 2016There Is Much To Celebrate On Australia DayABC The Drum · 26 Jan 2016Innovation v Regulation: How Turnbull’s Pitch Fell ShortABC The Drum · 9 Dec 2015Don’t Blame Voters For A Lack Of Competition ReformABC The Drum · 20 Oct 2015Hockey’s ‘Grand Deal On Tax’ Is Just Wishful ThinkingABC The Drum · 21 Jul 2015
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Shorten Must Start Thinking About Life After OppositionABC The Drum · 14 Apr 2015The Abbott Government’s Chance For Real ReformABC The Drum · 25 Nov 2014Big Government, Big Opportunity For Rent-SeekersABC The Drum · 11 Nov 2014Politics, Not Policy, Will Decide Who Gets Bailed OutABC The Drum · 22 Jul 2014Entrepreneurs Should Not Get Government SupportThe Age · 22 Jun 2014Election Promises Are There For The BreakingABC The Drum · 22 Apr 2014Qantas Ball Now In Labor’s CourtABC The Drum · 4 Mar 2014The Great Corporate Welfare Con-VersationABC The Drum · 18 Feb 2014Scrapping The Debt Ceiling Is No VictoryABC The Drum · 10 Dec 2013Melburnians Are Streets Behind On Pavement FoodThe Sunday Age · 30 Jun 2013Policy Without Politics Is PointlessABC The Drum · 2 Jan 2013Stay tuned for the red underpants theory of bad TVThe Sunday Age · 12 Oct 2012Happy Birthday To Free Market LiberalismABC The Drum · 13 Jun 2012Farmers Feeling The Squeeze Of Marketplace RealitiesABC The Drum · 8 Feb 2012Car Makers Cling To Subsidies Of OldABC The Drum · 17 Jan 2012The Socialist Calculation DebateABC The Drum · 28 Dec 2011The Battle Between Political And Economic FreedomABC The Drum · 2 Nov 2011Free Economies Will Choose Money Over The GunThe Sunday Age · 29 May 2011Why Bad Policy Can Be Good PoliticsABC The Drum · 19 Apr 2011Deregulation Can Save The Taxi Industry From ItselfThe Sunday Age · 3 Apr 2011Selling Out The KoranThe Sunday Age · 6 Mar 2011Let Society Shape ItselfThe Sydney Morning Herald · 17 Apr 2010Take The Politics Out Of Commerce, Not Vice VersaThe Sunday Age · 7 Feb 2010Don’t Strangle Communications NetworksThe Australian · 19 May 2008Set Traps For Rats In The RanksThe Australian · 5 Mar 2008Telco Industry’s ‘Red Tape’ Burden UnfairABC News Online · 2 Oct 2007Inventing Market FailureCommunications Day · 18 Mar 2007Broadband Internet – Getting The Framework RightOnline Opinion · 4 Jan 2007No Net Gain In Beattie PlanThe Courier-Mail · 27 Oct 2006Being creative has never been “un-Australian”Crikey · 3 Oct 2006