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This chapter prospects the public choice of three “data as capital” scenarios and makes a proper discussion based on five principles. The three scenarios involve the issues of political leadership, alternative currency, and cyber encounters in a changing data-rich global marketplace. The five principles are well-defined guidelines, collective choice arrangements, monitoring, graduated sanctions and credible rewards, and conflict-resolution mechanisms.
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Tang, C. (2021). Public Choice on Data Capital. In: Data Capital. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60192-8_8
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