Faculty
social science
Supervisor Name
John Sakaluk
Keywords
cryptocurrencies, investments, profiles, digitized assets
Description
As the global digital economy continues to grow in interest and financial worth, it is imperative to harvest data to gain early information on this nuanced economy. Already, we have witnessed billions of dollars in losses and wins at the blink of an eye, encouragement to invest from well-known celebrities and politicians, and high anxiety from the newness, power consumption, and potential outcomes of this nuanced system. Stemming from the lack of solid evidence in this emerging field, we hope to gain more insight on the early players and variation within the digitized economy. Similarly, we hope to identify specific "types" of investors, and analyze patterns of similarities and differences, as well as personality and individual difference measures.
We have yet to gather and analyze data, and are hoping to continue exploring the research question and hypotheses.
Acknowledgements
A special thank you to the Western USRI program, Western University, and the Social Science Department. Of course, biggest thanks to Dr. John Sakaluk for including me as his "apprentice" on this exciting and insightful research study.
Creative Commons License
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Document Type
Paper
Event Website
https://marsslab.netlify.app/
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A Psychological Profile of the Digitized Economy: Who Buys Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and Meme-Stocks (and Why)?
As the global digital economy continues to grow in interest and financial worth, it is imperative to harvest data to gain early information on this nuanced economy. Already, we have witnessed billions of dollars in losses and wins at the blink of an eye, encouragement to invest from well-known celebrities and politicians, and high anxiety from the newness, power consumption, and potential outcomes of this nuanced system. Stemming from the lack of solid evidence in this emerging field, we hope to gain more insight on the early players and variation within the digitized economy. Similarly, we hope to identify specific "types" of investors, and analyze patterns of similarities and differences, as well as personality and individual difference measures.
We have yet to gather and analyze data, and are hoping to continue exploring the research question and hypotheses.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/usri/usri2022/ReOS/243