The Limits of Blockchain in Property: Trading Claims is not Trading Rights
The law-and-economics of property throws doubts on the prospects of blockchain for transacting durable high-value assets. You are free to…
A personal view on a number of topics.
Topic: Contracts
Property as Sequential Exchange: The Forgotten Limits of Private Contract
In this paper, published at the Journal of Institutional Economics (2017), I trace the disconnection between economic analysis and property…
The fragility of credit markets
During the economic crisis in countries that had experienced housing bubbles, from the US to Spain, thousands of homeowners faced…
Property Registries
Arruñada, Benito (2014), “El Registro de la Propiedad,” Revista Profesiones, no.150 (extra), xvi-xvii.
Morality of Layoffs
Arruñada, Benito (2010), “Morality of Layoffs,” Cinco Días, Febreruary 12, p. 14.
Building Market Institutions: Property Rights, Business Formalization and Economic Development
Arruñada, Benito, Building Market Institutions: Property Rights, Business Formalization and Economic Development, A Social Change Manuscript Conference, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, February 2-4, 2009.