Professor Sinclair Davidson
Professor, Institutional Economics
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College: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Department: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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sinclair.davidson@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-4201-1077
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Industry Projects
About
Sinclair Davidson is Professor of Institutional Economics in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University. He is a Fellow of the British Blockchain Association, an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, an Academic Fellow at the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, an Adjunct Economics Fellow at the Consumer Choice Center, and a Research Associate at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies. Sinclair has published over 100 articles in academic journals such as the European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic Affairs, and The Cato Journal and is a co-author of 4 books. He is a regular contributor to public debate. His opinion pieces have been published in The Age, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, The Conversation, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Wall Street Journal.
UN sustainable development goals
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Academic positions
- Professor of Institutional Economics
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2006 – Present
- Associate Professor of Corporate Finance
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2000 – 31 Dec 2005
Supervisor projects
- A Property Rights Approach to Understanding Digital Assets.
- 26 Feb 2024
- The Mycelium Blockchain
- 7 Dec 2023
- The utilisation of blockchain for the development of carbon market derivatives
- 1 Dec 2022
- Productivity and Urbanisation: How Cities Drive Specialisation and Economic Growth
- 11 Oct 2021
- Taxing the Urban Informal Economy: The Case of Indonesia
- 1 Feb 2019
- Evolving Consent: The Case for a Liquid Crypto-Democratic Treatment of Political Transaction Costs
- 17 Dec 2018
- Crowdfunding: Encrypting the Economy
- 20 Sep 2018
- An Institutional Analysis of the Economics of Identity
- 22 Dec 2017
- The private governance of entrepreneurship: an institutional approach to entrepreneurial discovery
- 25 Aug 2016
- The New Institutional Economics of Casino Gambling
- 29 Feb 2016
- Mitigating bubbles with intrinsic value nudging: An experimental approach
- 26 Feb 2016
- Firm Performance, Corporate Diversification, and Recession: Evidence from Asia
- 15 Feb 2016
- Regulatory Constraints on Public Sector Innovation: A New Comparative Approach
- 2 Mar 2015
- Does Foreign Aid Inhibit Productivity Improvement? Evidence from Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector
- 28 Mar 2013
- The Australian Equity Market Reaction to the 2010 Resource Tax Announcements
- 12 Feb 2013
Teaching interests
Sinclair has taught a wide variety of economics and finance subjects over his 30 year career from first year Economics to PhD level Advanced Seminars. His teaching philosophy revolves around the 3Ps: Preparation, Presentation, and Performance.
Research interests
Institutional Cryptoeconomics, Property Rights, Taxation, Public Choice, Public Policy, Modigliani - Miller Theorems
