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This analysis looks at the economic basis of US crypto export controls. The financial implications to policy makers and policy targets are considered. From an economic point of view, US crypto export controls are well founded, but risky for the US in the longer term. Prospects for change depend on the reactions of key players targeted by the policies and the perception of long term risk by the policy makers.
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Ames, M. (1996). Saving dollars makes sense of crypto export controls. In: Dawson, E., Golić, J. (eds) Cryptography: Policy and Algorithms. CPA 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1029. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032348
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