Does mining fuel bubbles?: An experimental study on cryptocurrency markets

The massive price bubbles of decentralized cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, have created a puzzle for economists. How can a non-revenue-generating asset exhibit such extreme price dynamics, forming multiple episodes of bubbles and crashes since its creation? The answer is not straightforward, sinc...

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Hauptverfasser: Lambrecht, Marco (VerfasserIn) , Sofianos, Andis (VerfasserIn) , Xu, Yilong (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Book/Monograph Arbeitspapier
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg Heidelberg University, Department of Economics 09 Jun. 2021
Ausgabe:1. Überarbeitung
Schriftenreihe:AWI discussion paper series no. 703 (May 2021)
In: AWI discussion paper series (no. 703 (May 2021))

DOI:10.11588/heidok.00030059
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Verfasserangaben:Marco Lambrecht, Andis Sofianos, Yilong Xu

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