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A note on the dynamic adoption and valuation theory in tokenomics

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  • Shen, Zhuyi
  • Wang, Shibo
  • Yang, Jinqiang

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This paper employs the Pareto distribution to model participants’ transaction types in the dynamic digital platform adoption and valuation theory. By closed-form solutions, we derive the analytical condition determining whether the tokenized economy exhibits faster adoption than the numeraire economy. We generalize the conclusion of Cong et al. (2021) that the user adoption is faster in the tokenized economy than in the numeraire economy because of endogenous appreciation expectation based on their numerical analysis. Conversely, when the volatility effect of platform productivity outweighs the growth effect, the adoption rate of the tokenized platform is slower due to depreciation expectation.

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  • Shen, Zhuyi & Wang, Shibo & Yang, Jinqiang, 2023. "A note on the dynamic adoption and valuation theory in tokenomics," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:56:y:2023:i:c:s1544612323004191
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104047
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    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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