We survey the uses of combinatorial auctions that have been deployed in practice. We specify the key representational, computational, and economic aspects of deployed combinatorial auctions. Finally, we discuss behavioral economics considerations on both sides of the market, and the interrelated...

We develop a theory of blockchain governance using tools from formal political theory. The software underlying blockchain projects is frequently updated (forked) to implement new policies, and these forks are the subject of our inquiry. We investigate the ways in which the decentralized...