Blockchain and cryptocurrencies: economic and financial research
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چکیده
The motivation of proposing and editing the Special Issue “Blockchain cryptocurrencies” came from inspirational invited contributed talks at 43rd annual A.M.A.S.E.S. conference held in Perugia September 2019. All papers have gone through journal regular refereeing process under same standards set by journal, nine contributions were finally accepted for publication.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Decisions in economics and finance
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1593-8883', '1129-6569']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10203-021-00366-3