Attention to Global Warming and the Success of Environmental Initial Coin Offerings: Empirical Evidence

Regulation of Initial Coin Offerings∗

We analyze the regulation of initial coin offerings (ICOs), in which a company raises funds by pre-selling access to a later product or service. We start by presenting a model that rationalizes the use of ICOs for launching peer-to-peer platforms: by adding dynamics to a platform launch, ICOs can 1) solve a coordination failure problem inherent in many projects with network effects (strategic c...

Global warming and its effect on the environmental human health

Earth's ecosystem has been active for millions of years without particular problems and may lead the development of variety of animal species around the world.

Institutional Allocation in Initial Public Offerings: Empirical Evidence

We analyze institutional allocation in initial public offerings (IPOs) using a new dataset of US offerings between 1997 and 1998. We document a positive relation between institutional allocation and day 1 IPO returns: for instance, institutions get under 60% of overpriced issues but about 75% of underpriced issues. The positive relation is partly explained by the practice of giving institutions...

Interactive coin offerings

Ethereum has emerged as a dynamic platform for exchanging cryptocurrency tokens. While token crowdsales cannot simultaneously guarantee buyers both certainty of valuation and certainty of participation, we show that if each token buyer specifies a desired purchase quantity at each valuation then everyone can successfully participate. Our implementation introduces smart contract techniques which...

Environmental Economics and Global Warming