Authored Books
- When Entrepreneurs Meet: The Collective Governance of New Ideas, World Scientific, 2020.
- The New Technologies of Freedom, American Institute for Economic Research, 2020 (with Berg and Davidson).
- Unfreeze: How to Create a High Growth Economy After the Pandemic, American Institute for Economic Research, 2020 (with Berg, Davidson, Lane and Potts).
- Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice, Lexington, Series on Polycentricity: Studies in Institutional Diversity and Voluntary Governance, 2019 (with Berg and Lane).
Edited Books
- Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, Brisbane, Australia, 2020 (with Berg).
Journal Articles
- The Exchange Theory of Web3 Governance, Kyklos, forthcoming (with Berg, Lane, MacDonald and Potts).
- Web3 Toolkits: A User Innovation Theory of Crypto Development, Journal of Open Innovation 9(2) 100050, 2023 (with Potts).
- Why Airdrop Cryptocurrency Tokens? Journal of Business Research, 2023, 163 (with Berg and Lane).
- Repugnant Innovation, Journal of Institutional Economics 2022 (with Berg and Davidson).
- On Coase and COVID-19, European Journal of Law and Economics 54(1), 2022: 107-125 (with Berg, Davidson, Potts).
- The Political Economy of Australian Regulatory Reform, Australian Journal of Public Administration 80(1) 2021, 114-137 (with Berg, Lane, McLaughlin).
- Blockchain and Investment: An Austrian Approach, Review of Austrian Economics 34, 2021: 149-162 (with Berg, Davidson, Potts).
- Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation Policy (2020, with Berg, Markey-Towler, Novak and Potts), Research Policy 49(1), 2020: 1-8.
- The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 25, 2020: 75-101 (with Lane and Poblet).
- From Athens to Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy, Frontiers in Blockchain 3(575662), 2020: 1-11 (with Poblet, Konashevych, Lane, Valdivia).
- Cryptodemocratic Governance of Special Economic Zones, Journal of Special Jurisdictions 1(1), 2020: 83-101 (with Lane).
- The Cryptoeconomics of Cities, Data and Space Cosmos + Taxis 8(8-9), 2020: 117-129 (with Berg, Jowett, Novak, Potts).
- Blockchain Governance: What we can Learn from the Economics of Corporate Governance, Journal of the British Blockchain Association, 3(1), 2020: 1-10 (with Berg).
- Governing the Entrepreneurial Discovery of Blockchain Applications, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 9(2), 2020: 194-212.
- Cryptodemocracy and its Institutional Possibilities, The Review of Austrian Economics 33, 2020: 363-374 (with Berg, Lane).
- International Policy Coordination for Blockchain Supply Chains, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 6(3), 2019: 367-380 (with Berg, Davidson, Novak, Potts).
- Some Economic Consequences of the GDPR, Economics Bulletin, 39(2),2019: 1-14 (with Berg, Berg, Markey-Towler, Potts).
- Blockchain and Supply Chains: V-form Organisations, Value Redistributions, De-commoditisation and Quality Proxies, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association, 2(1), 2019: 57-65 (with A. Berg, Markey-Towler).
- Blockchain: An Entangled Political Economy Approach, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 33(2), 2018: 105-125 (with Berg, Novak).
- Subjective Political Economy, New Perspectives on Political Economy, 13(1-2), 2017: 19-40 (with Berg).
- How the Innovation Commons Contributes to the Development and Discovery of New Technologies, International Journal of the Commons, 10(2), 2016: 1035-54 (with Potts).
- Cultures of Sharing in 3D printing: What Can We Learn from the Licence Choices of Thingiverse Users?, Journal of Peer Production, 6(1), 2014: 1-11 (with Moilanen, Daly, Lobato).
Book Chapters
- Property rights, knowledge commons and blockchain governance, in E. Dekker and P. Kuchar, Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (with Berg, Davidson, Potts).
- Entrepreneurial Exit: Developing the Cryptoeconomy, in Swan, Potts, Takagi, Tasco, Witte (eds.), Blockchain Economics, World Scientific, 2019: 197-214.
- Red Tape Reduction: A New Approach, in Allen and Berg (eds.), Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, 2019: 208-221.
- Regulation and Technological Change, in Allen and Berg (eds.), Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, 2019: 222-233 (with Berg).
- Blockchains and the Boundaries of Self-organized Economies: Predictions for the Future of Banking, in Tasca, Aste, Pelizzon, Perony (eds.), Banking Beyond Banks and Money: A Guide to Banking Services in the Twenty-First Century. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016: 279-96 (with MacDonald and Potts).
Working Papers
- Large Language Models Reduce Agency Costs, 2023 (with Berg, Potts, Ilyushina)
- Buyback and Burn Mechanisms: Price Manipulation or Value Signaling, 2022 (with Berg and Davidson).
- Trust and Governance in Collective Blockchain Treasuries, Under Review, 2021 (with Berg and Lane).
- Adopting blockchain-based traceability in the fruit supply chain in a developing country: Facilitators and barriers’, Under Review, 2023 (with Yap, Nayak, Nhung, Bui, Pham).
- Blockchain-based Traceability in Vietnamese Agriculture: An Empirical Analysis of Adoption Perceptions, Under Review, 2023 (with Yap, Bui, Pham, Nhung, Nayak).
- An Economic Theory of Blockchain Foundations, Working Paper, 2021 (with Berg, Davidson, Potts, MacDonald).
- Quantum Crypto-economics: Blockchain Prediction Markets for the Evolution of Quantum Technology Working Paper, 2021 (with Rohde, Mohan, Davidson, Berg, Brennan, Potts).
- Blockchain Technology and the Theory of Economic Development, Working Paper, 2019 (with Berg, Potts).
Appearances Before Parliamentary Committees
- Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Center, 27 August 2021, Melbourne via video link (with Dr Chris Berg and Dr Aaron Lane)
- Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, 11 February 2021, Melbourne (with Dr Chris Berg and Dr Aaron Lane)
- Senate Committee on Red Tape, Environmental Assessments and Approvals, 22 August 2017, Perth (with Simon Breheny).
- Senate Committee on Red Tape, The Effect of Red Tape on the Sale, Supply and Taxation of Alcohol, 24 February 2017, Sydney (with Dr Chris Berg).
- Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Inquiry into Criminal, Civil and Administrative Penalties into White Collar Crime, 6 December 2016, Melbourne (with Andrew Bushnell).
- Victorian Standing Committee on Economy and Infrastructure, Inquiry into Ride Sourcing Services, 8 September 2016, Melbourne (with Dr Chris Berg and Aaron Lane).
Research and Policy Reports
- Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Transport, Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, Project 1.63, February 2020 (with Hargroves and Stantic).
- Blockchain and the New Economics of Healthcare (2019 with Berg C, Pochesneva A and Potts J), Report for Victorian Government Accelerator Program and Partnered with DB Results, Available at SSRN 3396218.
- Blockchain for Development (2018, with Berg C) RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub and APEC Study Centre Research Report. Presented in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
- Five Principles of Red Tape Reduction (2018, with Wild, D) IPA Occasional Paper.
- Decentralising the Protection of Australian Threatened Species (2017, with Begg, M and Wild, D) IPA Occasional Paper.
- Liquor Licensing Red Tape on Australian Businesses (2017, with Berg C and Fraser J) IPA Occasional Paper.
- The Case for Cutting Red Tape on Drones (2016) IPA Occasional Paper.
- On Regulation, Productivity and Growth: Reforms to Make Australia More Prosperous (2016, with Wild D and Hogan B) IPA Occasional Paper.
- Ten Red Tape Initiatives for the Next Australian Government (2016 with Novak M) IPA Occasional Paper.
- Freedom to Teach: A Research Report on the Work and Conditions of Teachers in Australia (2014, with Stanley V and Lane AM) IPA Occasional Paper.
- The Sharing Economy: How Over-Regulation Could Destroy an Economic Revolution (2014, with Berg C) IPA Occasional Paper.
Submissions to Inquiries
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, MacDonald, T, Morton, E, and Potts, J (2021), ‘Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre’.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AM (2020), ‘Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology’.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, Potts, J (2019), ‘Submission to the Australia and Singapore Digital Cooperation Initiative renegotiation of the Digital Economy Agreement of the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)’, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub Submission.
- Allen, DWE, Auer, B, Berg, C, Hurwitz, G, Lane, AM, Manne, GA, Morris, J, Potts, J (2019) ‘The Limits of the Digital Platforms Inquiry’, Submission on the Final Report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, A, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, Novak, M and Potts, J (2018) ‘Submission to Senate Standing Committee Inquiry into My Health Record System’, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub Submission.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, A, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, Novak, M and Potts, J (2018) ‘Submission into the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Impediments to Business Investment’, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub Submission.
- Allen, DWE and Wild, D (2017) ‘Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Environmental Assessments and Approvals’, IPA Submission.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Novak, M and Wild, D (2016) ‘A Response to the Productivity Commission Draft Report of the Regulation of Agriculture’ IPA Submission.
- Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2016) ‘Submission to the Senate Inquiry into White Collar Crime Penalties’, IPA Submission.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Breheny, S (2016) ‘Submission Relating to the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016’, IPA Submission.
- Allen, DWE and Potts, J ‘Innovation Strangled by Red Tape’, Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Business Set-up, Transfer and Closure, IPA Submission.
Selected Popular Writing
- Allen, DWE (2022) On embracing governance complexity in Web3, Darcy Allen Substack, 28 July.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) The use of technology in the university. So, You Run a University? Substack, 22 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Strategy for the great disruption. So, You Run a University? Substack, 14 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Three university types. So, You Run a University? Substack, 13 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) The university’s strategic assets. So, You Run a University? Substack, 12 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Technology and a global health pandemic. So, You Run a University? Substack, 11 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Universities are platforms. So, You Run a University? Substack, 8 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Three visions of a university. So, You Run a University? Substack, 6 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg C, Davidson S, Gettler L, Kane E, Potts J (2022) Introduction. So, You Run a University? Substack, 6 April.
- Allen, DWE (2022) Delegating to subgroups in DAOs, Darcy Allen Substack, 18 February.
- Allen, DWE (2022) Web3 treasuries and polycentric governance, Darcy Allen Substack, 7 February.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S and Potts, J (2021) Deciding how to spend your blockchain treasury, Cryptoeconomics Australia Medium, 21 July.
- Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2021) A better design for defi grant programs, Cryptoeconomics Australia Medium, 18 July.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Potts, J (2021) Towards a digital CBD, Acumen, 22 June.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson S, MacDonald, T and Potts, J (2021) Building a grammar of blockchain governance, Cryptoeconomics Australia Medium, 16 June.
- Allen, DWE (2021) Governing blockchain treasuries, Darcy Allen Substack, 7 June.
- Allen, DWE (2021) Oracle cities, Darcy Allen Substack, 4 June.
- Allen, DWE (2020) How can we discover what defi is good for?, Cryptoeconomics, 24 September.
- Nabben, K and Allen, DWE (2020) How to support entrepreneurs ‘hacking the pandemic’, Medium, 24 September.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Konashevych, O, Lane, AM, Mohan, V, Morton, E, Nabben, K, Poblet, M, Potts, J and Rennie (2020) What we think we know about defi, Cryptoeconomics, 10 September.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AML (2020) Deregtech: Using Technology to Deregulate the Economy, Cryptoeconomics Australia, 15 July.
- Allen, DWE, Lane, AM, and Poblet, M (2020) Solving Blockchain Smart Contract Disputes, Machine Lawyering, 22 May.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, and Potts, J (2020) The Digital Consequences of the Pandemic, Cryptoeconomics, 15 May.
- Allen, DWE and Lane, AM (2020) How to Unfreeze the Post-Pandemic Economy, Foundation for Economic Education, 10 May.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, and Potts, J (2020) Cryoeconomics: How to Unfreeze the Economy, Cryptoeconomics, 2 April.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Potts, J (2019) The crypto-circular economy, Cryptoeconomics, 21 November.
- Allen, DWE (2019), Backing blockchain with strong policy, Policy Forum, 25 July.
- Allen, DWE (2019), For Tassie exporters, paper trail risks destroying vital trust, Hobart Mercury, 12 July.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Potts, J (2019) Blockchain and the Manufacturing Industry, Australian Manufacturing Technology Magazine, June.
- Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2019) Why blockchain technology could be the key to solving the developing world’s biggest problems, Foundation for Economic Education, 7 May.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, A and Markey-Towler, B (2019) Predictions for trade in a blockchain world, Machine Lawyering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28 January.
- Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2018) Blockchain to smart up global trade, Vietnam Investment Review, 10 September.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, A, Berg, C, Potts, J (2018) Some economic consequences of the GDPR, Cryptoeconomics, 8 May.
- Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Novak, M and Potts, J (2018) TradeTech and the problem of international policy coordination, Cryptoeconomics Australia, 12 March.
- Allen, DWE (2018) Clause for Concern, IPA Review 70(2).
- Allen, DWE (2017) Over-regulation could keep drones grounded, The Weekly Times, 26 July.
- Allen, DWE (2017) The future of reform, IPA Review 69(4).
- Allen, DWE and Bushnell, A (2017) Collared, IPA Review 69(2).
- Allen, DWE (2017) Budget leaves a philosophical deficit, IPA Review 69(2).
- Allen, DWE (2017) Too much regulation clips wings of innovation, The Australian, 19 May.
- Allen, DWE (2017) Seeding prosperity, IPA Review 69(1).
- Allen, DWE (2017) Trumping architecture, IPA Review 69(1).
- Allen, DWE (2017) IPA Review: A voice for 70 years, IPA Review 69(1).
- Allen, DWE (2017) Taxi license compensation sends the wrong message, Herald Sun, 14 February.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Private order, IPA Review 68(4).
- Allen, DWE (2016) Red tape hampers resources recovery, The West Australian, 7 October 2016.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Civilized economics, IPA Review 68(4).
- Allen, DWE and Wild, D (2016) Toxic greens, IPA Review 68(3).
- Allen, DWE (2016) Cut green and red tape to drive more growth in farming sector, Hobart Mercury, 31 July.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Drive productivity through innovation, Farm Weekly, 28 July.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Bat problem impossible to fix until we get rid of red tape, The Queensland Times, 29 June.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Let’s get rid of this suffocating bureaucracy, The Weekly Times, 8 June.
- Allen, DWE and Potts, J (2016) ‘Proactive’ regulation a bad idea, On Line Opinion, 26 April.
- Allen, DWE (2016) Why the proposed tree laws are the very worst kind of red tape, Queensland Country Life, 7 April.
- Allen, DWE (2015) Lessons from private cities, IPA Review 67(4).
- Allen, DWE (2015) The case for personal income taxation cuts, IPA Review 67(4).
- Allen, DWE (2015) New money, IPA Review 67(3).
- Allen, DWE and Hannaford, P (2015) Freedom works, IPA Review 67(1).
- Allen, DWE (2015) New laws will impact Sydney apartment sizes, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May.
- Allen, DWE (2014) What is a taxi? Regulation and the sharing economy, OECD Insights, 22 December.
Keynotes, Lectures, Panels, Podcasts
2021
- Blockchain Development Funds, guest on Tracer Drop series, 21 July 2021.
- Crypto-politics: An Update, guest on Mint n Burn podcast, 13 July.
- Property Rights, Knowledge Commons and Blockchain Governance to the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Knowledge Commons Conference, virtual, 11 June 2021.
- Trust and the Governance of Collective Treasuries in Blockchain Ecosystems to Regulation and Governance Workshop, virtual, 14 May 2021.
- Blockchain, Supply Chains and the Future of Trade to ‘Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship’, Melbourne, 11 May 2021.
- Guest on the American Institute for Economic Research Authors’ Corner podcast, ‘Unfreeze: How to Create a High Growth After the Pandemic’, February 2021.
- Blockchains, Constitutions and Governance, guest on the Mint n Burn podcast, virtual, March 2021.
2020
- Blockchain and Special Jurisdictions, invited keynote to Laboratorio de Políticas para la Seguridad y el Desarrollo, Global Lecture Series together with Startup Societies Foundation, online 6 November 2020, via Mexico
- Guest on the Building Tomorrow podcast, ‘The New Technologies of Freedom’, September 2020.
- Cryptodemocracy: Blockchain as collective choice infrastructure, invited talk to MiniMAPS at RMIT University, online 18 July 2020.
- Blockchain: Economics, Regulation and Policy, keynote to the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications, online 15 July 2020.
- Unfreeze: How to Create a High Growth Economy After the Pandemic, seminar to Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University, online 28 May 2020.
- Blockchains and Trade, guest lecture to ‘Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship’, online, 11 May 2020.
- Cryoeconomics: How to Unfreeze an Economy after the Pandemic, talk to ‘Blockchain and the future of work, education, and networking during times of global pandemics’, online, 22 April 2020.
- [Cancelled] The new technologies of freedom, Liberty Fest Perth, March 2019.
2019
- How to understand the blockchain economy, keynote to the William Buck Melbourne CFO Symposium, 14 November 2019, The Langham, Melbourne.
- Blockchain and the education landscape, panel member at Blockchain2020 Industry Conference, Melbourne, 31 October 2019, Melbourne
- Blockchain supply chains and the future of global trade, keynote to the 3rd Digital Supply Chain Innovation and Humanless Warehouse Forum, 29 October 2019, Melbourne.
- Blockchains and the future of trade, presentation to the RMIT Business Research Showcase, Melbourne, 23 October 2019, Melbourne.
- How to understand the blockchain economy, keynote to the William Buck Sydney CFO Symposium, Swissotel Sydney, 17 October 2019
- An introduction to the economics of blockchain, keynote to the Economics Society of Australia Policy in the Pub, Melbourne, 16 October 2019
- Blockchain and Trade, guest lectures to the RMIT MBA Program on Contemporary Issues in International Management, 16-17 September 2019
- How can blockchain innovation impact on the new retail supply chain ecosystem?, moderator, APAC Blockchain Conference, Sydney, 24 July 2019
- Blockchains and the future of trade, keynote presentation to The Future of Trade Conference, Queensland University of Technology Garden Point Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, 10 April 2019
- Blockchains and the future of trade, presentation to AUSPack Industry Conference, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 27 March 2019
- Blockchains and institutional cryptoeconomics, presentation to the Management Development Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, 13 February 2019
- Blockchain supply chains and the future of trade, presentation to the Management Development Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, 13 February 2019
2018
- Blockchain in a development context, presentation to the Development Research Centre of The State Council (Delegation from China), RMIT University, Melbourne, 23 October 2018
- Institutional cryptoeconomics and supply chains, to Blockchain Pasifik Conference, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 11 October 2018
- Blockchain for development, Brief to the Parliament of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 10 October 2018
- Cryptodemocracy, Proof of Work Seminar, RMIT School of Economics Finance and Marketing (with Aaron Lane), Melbourne, 4 October 2018
- Introduction to blockchain, Board of the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (with Sinclair Davidson), Melbourne, 26 September 2018
- The proto-entrepreneur and the innovation commons, RMIT Enterprise & Innovation Seminar, Melbourne, 21 September 2018
- How blockchain impacts supply chain governance, Zhejiang Institute of Administration, RMIT Executive Education, Melbourne, 12 July 2018
- Blockchain TradeTech, APEC Study Centres Consortium Conference, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 14 May 2018
- FinTech Australia and Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance Panel on the Regulation of Cryptocurrencies, 1 May 2018, Melbourne
- Blockchains, economics and the cryptoeconomy, Guest Lecture to RMIT class, 2018
- Panel Member at Hall & Wilcox Law event on blockchain, Melbourne, 2018
pre-2017
- Towards a classically liberal innovation policy, Australian Libertarian Society, Sydney, 2017
- New Models of Business: the platform economy, RMIT Business Research Showcase Panel Member, 19 October, 2016.
- Innovation, entrepreneurship and regulation, ANZSFL Annual Conference, Melbourne, 2015
- Regulation and new technologies, ALS Annual Conference, Sydney, 2015
- Cultures of sharing and Thingiverse, Inside 3D Printing Conference, Melbourne Convention Centre, 2014
- 3D printing, disruption and the law, Swinburne Institute for Social Research Interdisciplinary Seminar, 2014