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Cryptocurrency and Macroeconomic Dynamics: Case of 10 Asian Economies

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  • Fatma Abdelkaoui
  • Ali Sidaoui
  • Feriel Nasser
  • Meriem Bouzidi

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This research study investigates the impact of cryptocurrency on economic growth in 10 countries across Asia during past period 2013–2020. For this purpose, the sample included a range of economies with the highest number of Bitcoin usages or transactions. For this purpose, the sample included a range of economies with the highest number of Bitcoin usages or transactions, according to recent international rankings. With specific empirical means on panel data modelling, we attempted to show that economic growth, was influenced negatively by the cryptocurrency ‘Bitcoin’, and we concluded that this instrument leads to an increase in the inflation rate in a country according to the quantity theory of money and leads to a disorder in the monetary policy of a country. Our framework shows that the economic growth proxy was substantially influenced positively by economic indicators such as technology, investment and education but negatively by the high rate of participation, which caused an increase in unemployment. Our empirical results offer insights and insist on the importance of the intervention of the authorities to oversee and control the use of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to avoid its negative effects and implement a strategy that overcomes these effects from a macroeconomic perspective. JEL Classification: E22, E24, E42, F43, E44, E52

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  • Fatma Abdelkaoui & Ali Sidaoui & Feriel Nasser & Meriem Bouzidi, 2024. "Cryptocurrency and Macroeconomic Dynamics: Case of 10 Asian Economies," South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, , vol. 13(1), pages 100-126, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:smppub:v:13:y:2024:i:1:p:100-126
    DOI: 10.1177/22779787241245780
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    Keywords

    Crypto-currencies; economic growth; technology; innovation; investment; inflation; unemployment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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