Blockchain: The birth of decentralized governance
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- Benito Arruñada & Luis Garicano, 2018. "Blockchain: The birth of Decentralized Governance," Working Papers 1038, Barcelona School of Economics.
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Keywords
blockchain; platforms; networks; hold‐up; coordination; relational capital; incomplete contracts; decentralized governance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2018-04-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2018-04-30 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-IND-2018-04-30 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-PAY-2018-04-30 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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