Markets and prices
How markets and prices work in contested cases: surge pricing, ticket scalping, price controls, repugnant or taboo markets and the sharing economy.
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Repugnant innovationAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Journal of Institutional Economics 19(6): 918–929Setting the reserve price for the Tracer DAO Gnosis auctionBerg, C. and Khezr, P. (2021) · Working paperQuantum crypto-economics: Blockchain prediction markets for the evolution of quantum technologyRohde, P., Mohan, V., Davidson, S., Berg, C., Allen, D. et al. (2021) · Working paper, arXivBeyond Money: Cryptocurrencies, Machine-Mediated Transactions and High Frequency BarteringBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRN
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Changes to auctions are just selling everyone shortHerald Sun · 27 Nov 2025The RBA is why your credit card surcharge fees are so highAustralian Financial Review · 20 Nov 2025After GameStop, the rise of Dogecoin shows us how memes can move markets3 Feb 2021Multi-sided market collapse in the newspaper industryMedium post, Spectator Australia · 9 Jul 2020Australia’s minimum wage prevents people from getting a jobThe Sunday Age · 25 Jun 2016The Alternative To Uber’s Surge Pricing Isn’t Fair EitherABC The Drum · 5 Jan 2016Why Is The Agriculture White Paper Gunning For Supermarkets?ABC The Drum · 7 Jul 2015You Can’t Blame Foreigners For High House PricesABC The Drum · 17 Feb 2015Minimum Wages And The Path To PovertyABC The Drum · 27 Jan 2015In praise of ticket scalping, horse eating and trading in human organsThe Sunday Age · 4 Nov 2012Farmers Feeling The Squeeze Of Marketplace RealitiesABC The Drum · 8 Feb 2012The Socialist Calculation DebateABC The Drum · 28 Dec 2011Phoney Food Fears Ignore Nimble Market SolutionsThe Sunday Age · 4 Dec 2011Deregulation Can Save The Taxi Industry From ItselfThe Sunday Age · 3 Apr 2011Hands Up If You’re In Favour Of Cheap Milk … Anyone?The Sunday Age · 13 Mar 2011Artificial Markets: Miles Behind The Real DealABC The Drum · 1 Mar 2011Vegetarians’ Meat Tax Plan Just A Load Of Hot AirThe Sunday Age · 1 Nov 2009Bring On The Acid BathThe Sunday Age · 15 Feb 2009No Umpire Needed In Sport MediaThe Age · 28 Nov 2007Dealing With That $30,000 Phone Bill… Without RegulationCrikey · 3 Sep 2007
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Splitting Telstra Is Not The Right MoveAustralian Financial Review · 22 Aug 2007IPA Review Editorial, September 2005IPA Review · 1 Sep 2005There Can Never Be Too Much Sport, Mr SamuelThe Age · 28 Jan 2005The Revolution in TelecommunicationsIPA Review · 1 Dec 2004Telstra’s Regulatory WaltzAustralian Financial Review · 18 Oct 2004