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Non-Linearities, Cyber Attacks and Cryptocurrencies

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2019

case of four cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethernam, Litecoin and Stellar) over the period 8/8/2015-28/2/2019. The analysis … considers both cyber attacks in general and those targeting cryptocurrencies in particular, and also uses cumulative measures … probability for cryptocurrencies to stay in the low volatility regime. This is an interesting finding, that confirms the …

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Cyber Attacks, Spillovers and Contagion in the Cryptocurrency Markets

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2020

This paper examines mean and volatility spillovers between three major cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum … (interdependence) among the three cryptocurrencies under investigation are found in most cases when cyber attacks are taken into …

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Central Bank Digital Currency : When Price and Bank Stability Collide

Schilling, Linda; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Uhlig, … - 2021

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, may provide an attractive alternative to traditional demand deposits held in private banks. When offering CBDC accounts, the central bank needs to confront classic issues of banking: conducting maturity transformation while providing liquidity to private...

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Rise of the Central Bank Digital Currencies : Drivers, Approaches and Technologies

Auer, Raphael; Cornelli, Giulio; Frost, Jon - 2021

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are receiving more attention than ever before. Yet the motivations for issuance vary across countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. We investigate the economic and institutional drivers of CBDC development and take stock of design...

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The Pandemic, Cash and Retail Payment Behaviour : Insights from the Future of Payments Database

Auer, Raphael; Cornelli, Giulio; Frost, Jon - 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a shock to retail payment behaviour. How have the changes differed across countries? What do they imply for the future of cash and digital payments? We assemble a new “Future of Payments” database on retail payment behaviour for up to 95 countries over...

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Bitcoin Price Co-Movements and Culture

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2020

This paper analyses the cultural drivers (tightness−looseness and individualism−collectivism) of Bitcoin prices co-movements and exchange shutdowns in 34 major countries around the world over the period 20 July 2010 – 5 February 2020. Under the assumption that investors prefer to use local...

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Politicians' Payments in a Proportional Party System

Berg, Heléne - 2019

Is politics a lucrative business? The question is approached in this paper, as one of few to quantify the monetary returns to holding political office in a typical developed democracy where parties are the main political actors. By applying a difference-in-difference setting with a carefully...

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Cybersecurity Risk

Florackis, Chris; Louca, Christodoulos; Michaely, Roni; … - 2021

, is more prevalent among industries relying more on information technology systems, correlates with several …

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Cybercrime on the Ethereum Blockchain

Hornuf, Lars; Momtaz, Paul P.; Nam, Rachel J.; Yuan, Ye - 2023

We propose a taxonomy of cybercrime on the Ethereum blockchain and examine how cybercrime impacts victims’ risk-taking and returns. Our difference-in-differences analysis of a sample of victims and matched non-victims suggests that victims increase their long-term total risk-taking and earn...

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Does Revealing Personality Data Affect Prosocial Behavior?

Drouvelis, Michalis - 2019

Many modern organisations collect data on individuals’ personality traits as part of their human resource selection processes. We test experimentally whether revealing information on personality data impacts on pro-social behaviour as measured in a one-shot modified dictator game and a public...

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