# kaal:claim:3782214-020

**Claim.** The very explicit rules that unify a diverse group destabilize it over the longer term, because internal corruption and external change render a fixed rule structure ineffective or inefficient.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- long time horizons
- changing market conditions

**Source quote.**

> However, these unifying rules further destabilize the group in the long-term, be- cause of internal corruption and external changes that make the rule structure inef- fective or inefficient.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Instability from profit motive and rigid rules, page 10

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ba892bb200c1455447c0014f5067a501a93ea9ec413c31942d95952eb3bdfd9d` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** rule rigidity decay  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** rule-rigidity, network-stability, corruption, governance-design

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