Jason Potts (economist)

Jason Potts
AwardsFellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2017)
Academic background
ThesisFirst principles of evolutionary microeconomics (1999)

Jason Potts is a New Zealand-born academic economist.[1] His work focuses on the theoretical development of evolutionary economics using complex systems theory. His current research is on the role of creative industries in innovation-driven economic growth and development. He is also a leading researcher on the economics of blockchains and is currently the Director of the Blockchain Innovation Hub, housed at RMIT University. Building on the work of Elinor Ostrom, Potts has developed the concept of the innovation commons. Potts received his B.Com (Hons, Economics) from the University of Otago, NZ, (1993), and his PhD (Economics), from Lincoln University, New Zealand (1999).[2][3][4] His highest cited work is his book, The New Evolutionary Microeconomics, at over 700 times, according to Google Scholar.[5]

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  3. ^ "Jason Potts". uq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ Potts, Jason (1999). First principles of evolutionary microeconomics (Doctoral thesis). Research@Lincoln, Lincoln University. hdl:10182/1972.
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