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Lessons for Cryptocurrencies from Foreign Exchange Markets

In: DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY

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This essay brings insights from the academic literature on foreign exchange rate determination to the analysis of cryptocurrency markets. We present a simple framework to summarize the factors that determine exchange rates. To the extent that cryptocurrencies are like national currencies issued by central banks, their pricing can be analyzed using these models of exchange rates…

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  • Charles Engel, 2020. "Lessons for Cryptocurrencies from Foreign Exchange Markets," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Bernard Yeung (ed.), DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY, chapter 8, pages 55-78, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Digital Currency; Economics and Policy; Finance; Cryptocurrency;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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