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Environmental and social attitudes and investments in crypto-assets

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  • Pavel Ciaian
  • Andrej Cupak
  • Pirmin Fessler
  • d’Artis Kancs

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The purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of the relationship of environmental and social attitudes of investors and their investment into crypto-assets compared to traditional assets. Given the controversies over the environmental footprint of some crypto-asset classes, primarily due to energy-intensive mining, they present an intriguing subject for investigation. Leveraging a unique household finance survey representative of the Austrian population, we examine whether environmental and social attitudes can elucidate the variance in individual portfolio exposure to crypto-assets. Results indicate a robust link between investors’ environmental and social attitudes and their exposure to crypto-investments, yet no significant association was found with traditional asset benchmarks like bonds and shares.

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  • Pavel Ciaian & Andrej Cupak & Pirmin Fessler & d’Artis Kancs, 2024. "Environmental and social attitudes and investments in crypto-assets," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(60), pages 9060-9080, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:60:p:9060-9080
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2297742
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