Research and Writing

Books (Author)

1. Allen, DWE (2020), When Entrepreneurs Meet: The Collective Governance of New Ideas, World Scientific.
2. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Davidson, S (2020), The New Technologies of Freedom, American Institute for Economic Research.
3. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Lane, AM, and Potts, J (2020), Unfreeze: How to Create a High Growth Economy After the Pandemic, American Institute for Economic Research.
4. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AM (2019), Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice, Lexington Books Series on Polycentricity: Studies in Institutional Diversity and Voluntary Governance.

Books (Editor)

1. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (eds., 2018), Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, Brisbane, Australia.

Journal Articles

1. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AM, McLaughlin, PA (2020) ‘The Political Economy of Australian Regulatory Reform’, Australian Journal of Public Administration.
2. Poblet, M, Allen, DWE, Konashevych, O, Lane, AML, Valdivia, CAD (2020) ‘From Athens to Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy’, Frontiers in Blockchain.
3. Allen, DWE and Lane, AM (2020), ‘Cryptodemocratic Governance of Special Economic Zones’, Journal of Special Jurisdictions 1(1), 83-101.
4. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Jowett, K, Novak, M, Potts, J (2020), ‘The Cryptoeconomics of Cities, Data and Space’, Cosmos + Taxis.
5. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S and Potts, J, (2020) ‘Blockchain and Investment: An Austrian Approach’, Review of Austrian Economics.
6. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Markey-Towler, B, Novak, M and Potts, J (2020), ‘Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation Policy’, Research Policy 49(1), 1-8.
7. Allen, DWE, Lane, AM and Poblet, M (2020), ‘The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution’, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 25, 75-101.
8. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2020) ‘Blockchain Governance: What we can Learn from the Economics of Corporate Governance‘, Journal of the British Blockchain Association, 3(1), 1-10.
9. Allen, DWE (2020), ‘Governing the Entrepreneurial Discovery of Blockchain Applications’, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.
10. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AM (2020) ‘Cryptodemocracy and its Institutional Possibilities’, The Review of Austrian Economics, 33, 363-374.
11. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Novak, M and Potts, J, (2019) ‘International Policy Coordination for Blockchain Supply Chains’, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 6(3), 367-380.
12. Allen, DWE, Berg A, Berg C, Markey-Towler, B and Potts, J (2019) ‘Some Economic Consequences of the GDPR’, Economics Bulletin, 39(2), 1-14.
13. Allen, DWE, Berg A and Markey-Towler, B (2019) ‘Blockchain and Supply Chains: V-form Organisations, Value Redistributions, De-commoditisation and Quality Proxies’, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association, 2(1), 57-65.
14. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Novak, M (2018) ‘Blockchain: An Entangled Political Economy Approach’, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 33(2), 105-125.
15. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2017) ‘Subjective Political Economy’, New Perspectives on Political Economy, 13(1-2), 19-40.
16. Allen, DWE and Potts, J (2016) ‘How the Innovation Commons Contributes to the Development and Discovery of New Technologies’, International Journal of the Commons, 10(2), 1035-54.
17. Moilanen, A, Daly, A, Lobato, R, and Allen DWE (2014) ‘Cultures of Sharing in 3D printing: What Can We Learn from the Licence Choices of Thingiverse Users?’, Journal of Peer Production, 6(1), 1-11.

Book Chapters

1. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S and Potts J (forthcoming) ‘Property rights, knowledge commons and blockchain governance’ in E. Dekker and P. Kuchar, Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons, Cambridge University Press.
2. Allen, DWE (2019) ‘Entrepreneurial Exit: Developing the Cryptoeconomy’, in Swan, M, Potts, J, Takagi, S, Tasco, P, Witte, F (eds.), Blockchain Economics, World Scientific, pp. 197-214.
3. Allen, DWE (2018) ‘Red Tape Reduction: A New Approach’, in DWE Allen and C Berg (eds.), Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, pp. 208-221.
4. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2018) ‘Regulation and Technological Change’, in DWE Allen C Berg (eds.), Australia’s Red Tape Crisis: The Causes and Costs of Over-Regulation, Connor Court Publishing, pp. 222-233.
5. MacDonald, TJ, Allen, DWE and Potts, J (2016) ‘Blockchains and the Boundaries of Self-organized Economies: Predictions for the Future of Banking’, In Tasca, P, Aste, T, Pelizzon, L, and Perony, N (eds.), Banking Beyond Banks and Money: A Guide to Banking Services in the Twenty-First Century. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 279-96.

Working papers and books

• Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, Potts, J and MacDonald, M ‘An Economic Theory of Blockchain Foundations’. Available at SSRN
• Rohde, PP, Mohan, V, Davidson, S, Berg, C, Allen, DWE, Brennan, G, Potts, J ‘Quantum Crypto-economics: Blockchain Prediction Markets for the Evolution of Quantum Technology’.
• Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Potts, J ‘Blockchain Technology and the Theory of Economic Development’.
• Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Davidson, S, and Potts, J ‘On Coase and COVID-19’.

Research and Policy Reports

1. Hargroves, K, Stantic, B, and Allen, DWE. ‘Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Transport’, Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, Project 1.63, February 2020.
2. Allen, DWE, Berg, C, Pochesneva, A and Potts, J. ‘Blockchain and the New Economics of Healthcare’, Report for Victorian Government Accelerator Program and Partnered with DB Results, Available at SSRN 3396218.
3. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2018) ‘Blockchain for Development’, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub and APEC Study Centre Research Report. Presented in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
4. Allen, DWE and Wild, D 2018 ‘Five Principles of Red Tape Reduction’, IPA Occasional Paper.
5. Allen, DWE, Begg, M and Wild, D (2017) ‘Decentralising the Protection of Australian Threatened Species’, IPA Occasional Paper.
6. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Fraser, J (2017) ‘Liquor Licensing Red Tape on Australian Businesses’ IPA Occasional Paper.
7. Allen, DWE (2016) ‘The Case for Cutting Red Tape on Drones’, IPA Occasional Paper.
8. Allen, DWE, Wild, D and Hogan, B (2016) ‘On Regulation, Productivity and Growth: Reforms to Make Australia More Prosperous’, IPA Occasional Paper.
9. Allen, DWE and Novak, M (2016) ‘Ten Red Tape Initiatives for the Next Australian Government’, IPA Occasional Paper.
10. Allen, DWE, Stanley, V and Lane, AM (2014) ‘Freedom to Teach: A Research Report on the Work and Conditions of Teachers in Australia’ IPA Occasional Paper.
11. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2014) ‘The Sharing Economy: How Over-Regulation Could Destroy an Economic Revolution’, IPA Occasional Paper 2014 (with C Berg).

Submissions to Inquiries

1. 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’.
2. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Lane, AM (2020), ‘Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology’.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Allen, DWE and Wild, D (2017) ‘Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Environmental Assessments and Approvals’, IPA Submission.
8. 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.
9. Allen, DWE and Berg, C (2016) ‘Submission to the Senate Inquiry into White Collar Crime Penalties’, IPA Submission.
10. Allen, DWE, Berg, C and Breheny, S (2016) ‘Submission Relating to the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016’, IPA Submission.
11. 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.

Appearances Before Parliamentary Committees

• 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).

Selected Popular Writing

• 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 3^rd 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