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Explaining cryptocurrency returns: A prospect theory perspective

Rongxin Chen
- 01 Jul 2022 - 
- Vol. 79, pp 101599-101599
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In this paper , the authors investigate prospect theory's ability to explain cryptocurrency returns using data concerning 1,573 cryptocurrencies over the period 2014-2020 and find that cryptocurrencies that are more attractive from a prospect theory perspective earn lower (higher) future returns, suggesting that they tend to be overpriced (underpriced).
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This article is published in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.The article was published on 2022-07-01. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cryptocurrency & Perspective (graphical).

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Can salience theory explain investor behaviour? Real-world evidence from the cryptocurrency market

TL;DR: In this paper , the salience theory was used to explain investor behavior in the cryptocurrency market and found that cryptocurrencies that are more (less) attractive to "salient thinkers" earn lower (higher) future returns, indicating that they tend to be overpriced (underpriced).
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Simple Fuzzy Decision Support Model for Evaluating the Cryptocurrency’s Performance

TL;DR: In this article , a decision support model (DSM) based on fuzzy logic was constructed to observe the cryptocurrency's performance, and the model could irreversibly expose that Bitcoin has the best performance.
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The Prospect Theory and The Stock Market

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the important principle of behavioral economics , prospect theory and applied prospect theory to stock market and found that prospect theory can conduct investors gain more profit because of stock reverse transaction strategy.
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TL;DR: In this article, the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator optimally exploits all the linear moment restrictions that follow from the assumption of no serial correlation in the errors, in an equation which contains individual effects, lagged dependent variables and no strictly exogenous variables.
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Advances in prospect theory: cumulative representation of uncertainty

TL;DR: Cumulative prospect theory as discussed by the authors applies to uncertain as well as to risky prospects with any number of outcomes, and it allows different weighting functions for gains and for losses, and two principles, diminishing sensitivity and loss aversion, are invoked to explain the characteristic curvature of the value function and the weighting function.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that expected market illiquidity positively affects ex ante stock excess return, suggesting that expected stock ex ante excess return partly represents an illiquid price premium, which complements the cross-sectional positive return-illiquidity relationship.
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