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A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

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Cryptocurrency is a modern decentralized medium of exchange that offers unique inflationary protection. Using traditional microeconomic tools, a new utility function of three goods - cryptocurrency, cash, and traditional assets is selected. Income effects, price effects, and consumer preference effects are then investigated through endogenous shifts in parameters and values. Consumer preferences based on perceptions of asset characteristics yielded the largest shifts in the price of cryptocurrency. Particularly, regulatory bodies should further investigate these markets to quell speculative trading and fraud.

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  • 50211
  • E-project-030822-153237
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  • 2022
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  • 2022-03-08
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