The consequences of blockchain architectures for the governance of public services : a case study of the movement of excise goods under duty exemptions
Allessie, D. and Janssen, M. and Ubacht, J. and Cunningham, S. and van der Harst, G. (2019) The consequences of blockchain architectures for the governance of public services : a case study of the movement of excise goods under duty exemptions. Information Polity, 24 (4). pp. 487-499. ISSN 1570-1255 (https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-190151)
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Abstract
Blockchain technology has the potential to provide public services directly to the public. This challenges the need for public organizations, who traditionally provided these services. Much of the current work is focused on the technology, whereas the influence on public administration structure has gained less attention. The goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of blockchain technology on the governance of public service provision. For this, we performed a case study of an EU-wide system that monitors the movement of excise goods under duty suspension. We developed two scenarios for blockchain technology’s use based on a permissionless blockchain architecture on the one hand and a permissioned one on the other. The scenarios were evaluated based on their impact on transaction validation, data quality and governance. The findings show that blockchain technology alone cannot be an alternative for the current data quality controls, equal access assurances and adaptations to legislation conducted by public administrations. As such, governments will remain playing a key role in registration of documents and assets, however, the governance will likely change depending on the type of blockchain architecture.
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Allessie, D., Janssen, M., Ubacht, J., Cunningham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-916X and van der Harst, G.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 70811 Dates: DateEvent11 December 2019Published8 November 2019Published Online1 November 2019AcceptedNotes: The final publication is available at IOS Press through https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-190151 Subjects: Political Science Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 11 Dec 2019 15:09 Last modified: 02 Dec 2024 01:22 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70811