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      <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">1607-968X</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="ru">Финансовый менеджмент</journal-title>
        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Financial Management</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1607-968X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Издательский дом "Академический"</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2709</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25806/fm-2709</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="uri">https://finance-man.ru/index.php/journal/article/view/2709</article-id>
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        <article-title xml:lang="ru">СНИЖАЮТ ЛИ СМАРТ-КОНТРАКТЫ ТРАНСАКЦИОННЫЕ ИЗДЕРЖКИ? КРИТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ КОУЗИАНСКОЙ ИНТЕРПРЕТАЦИИ БЛОКЧЕЙН-КООРДИНАЦИИ</article-title>
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          <trans-title>Do Smart Contracts Lower Transaction Costs? A Critical Assessment of Coasean Blockchain Coordination</trans-title>
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          <name name-style="eastern">
            <surname>Ермолаев</surname>
            <given-names>К.А.</given-names>
          </name>
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            <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru">
              <surname>Ермолаев</surname>
              <given-names>К.А.</given-names>
            </name>
            <name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
              <surname>Ermolaev</surname>
              <given-names>K.A.</given-names>
            </name>
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          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-5223-5088</contrib-id>
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          <email>ermolaev.kirill.a@gmail.com</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name name-style="eastern">
            <surname>Липатов</surname>
            <given-names>О.Н.</given-names>
          </name>
          <name-alternatives>
            <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru">
              <surname>Липатов</surname>
              <given-names>О.Н.</given-names>
            </name>
            <name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
              <surname>Lipatov</surname>
              <given-names>O.N.</given-names>
            </name>
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          <aff>
            <institution xml:lang="ru">Казанский федеральный университет</institution>
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          <aff>
            <institution xml:lang="en">Kazan Federal University</institution>
          </aff>
        </aff-alternatives>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-18">
        <day>18</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date date-type="collection">
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>8 (online first)</issue>
      <fpage>50</fpage>
      <lpage>58</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-04-22">
          <day>22</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-06-10">
          <day>10</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
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        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Издательский дом "Академический"</copyright-holder>
        <copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Academic Publishing House</copyright-holder>
        <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p xml:lang="ru">Материал распространяется на условиях лицензии Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).</license-p>
          <license-p xml:lang="en">This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).</license-p>
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      <self-uri xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" content-type="article" xlink:href="https://finance-man.ru/index.php/journal/article/view/2709">https://finance-man.ru/index.php/journal/article/view/2709</self-uri>
      <abstract xml:lang="ru">
        <p>В статье проводится критический анализ распространённого тезиса о снижении трансакционных издержек в результате внедрения смарт-контрактов. Теоретической основой исследования выступает концепция трансакционных издержек Р. Коуза. На основе сравнительного анализа традиционного договорного механизма и алгоритмической модели исполнения обязательств показано, что смарт-контракты не устраняют трансакционные издержки, а изменяют их структуру. Автоматизация исполнения позволяет снизить часть издержек мониторинга и принуждения, однако одновременно усиливает требования к предварительной спецификации условий сделки, формализации обязательств и технической верификации кода. Дополнительно проанализирована динамика сетевых комиссий и показателей активности в сети Ethereum. Полученные результаты не выявляют устойчивой отрицательной зависимости между ростом инфраструктурных платежей и использованием платформы. Сделан вывод о том, что распространение смарт-контрактов приводит прежде всего к структурной трансформации трансакционных издержек, а не к их однозначному сокращению, что уточняет коузианскую интерпретацию влияния цифровых технологий на границы фирмы.</p>
      </abstract>
      <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>This paper provides a critical examination of the widespread claim that smart contracts reduce transaction costs. The analysis is grounded in Ronald Coase’s theory of the firm and focuses on the role of transaction costs in determining the structure of economic coordination. Through a comparative analysis of traditional contractual mechanisms and algorithmic execution in blockchain environments, the study shows that smart contracts do not eliminate transaction costs but rather transform their structure. While automation can reduce certain ex post costs related to monitoring and enforcement, it simultaneously increases ex ante costs associated with the specification of contractual terms, formalization of obligations, and verification of code. The paper also examines the dynamics of transaction fees and network activity in Ethereum. The empirical results do not reveal a stable negative relationship between rising infrastructure fees and platform usage. These findings suggest that the diffusion of smart contracts leads primarily to a structural transformation of transaction costs rather than their straightforward reduction, refining the Coasean interpretation of how digital technologies affect the boundaries of the firm.</p>
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      <kwd-group xml:lang="ru">
        <title>Ключевые слова</title>
        <kwd>трансакционные издержки</kwd>
        <kwd>смарт-контракты</kwd>
        <kwd>блокчейн</kwd>
        <kwd>теория фирмы</kwd>
        <kwd>институциональная экономика</kwd>
        <kwd>цифровая координация</kwd>
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      <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>transaction costs</kwd>
        <kwd>smart contracts</kwd>
        <kwd>blockchain</kwd>
        <kwd>theory of the firm</kwd>
        <kwd>institutional economics</kwd>
        <kwd>digital coordination</kwd>
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