Bitcoin and Global Political Uncertainty – Evidence from the U.S. Election Cycle
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Global political uncertainty; Bitcoin; Quantile regression;All these keywords.
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- F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
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