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Token economics scoping review: Annotated bibliography

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This project highlights some tools and techniques relevant to designing a token economy under a rational expectations hypothesis. Six articles are reviewed, these enumerate some conditions for equilibrium pricing of specific effervescent tokens, dampened tokens, breakable tokens, and redeemable tokens. A review of Polkadot parachain token designs indicates differences in the issues and risks addressed by token equilibrium pricing models and those addressed by the designs practiced in the Polkadot ecosystem.

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  • Van de Vyver, Mark, 2023. "Token economics scoping review: Annotated bibliography," MPRA Paper 118476, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:118476
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    1. Cong, Lin William & Li, Ye & Wang, Neng, 2022. "Token-based platform finance," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(3), pages 972-991.
    2. Lin William Cong & Ye Li & Neng Wang, 2021. "Tokenomics: Dynamic Adoption and Valuation [The demand of liquid assets with uncertain lumpy expenditures]," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 34(3), pages 1105-1155.
    3. Michael Sockin & Wei Xiong, 2023. "Decentralization through Tokenization," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 78(1), pages 247-299, February.
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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 Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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