Investor attention and cryptocurrency performance

Zih-Ying Lin

Finance Research Letters, 2021, vol. 40, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates the causal relation between the performance of several cryptocurrencies and investor attention by employing Granger Causality tests and Vector Autoregression (VAR) models to examine such a relation. The findings show that interaction effects exist between returns and attention when I use Granger Causality tests, but when using VAR models, past cryptocurrency returns present a significant effect on future attention and weak reverse results. Thus, I hypothesize that if a cryptocurrency has higher past performance, then investors may pay more attention to it. After controlling the effect of economy-wide variables, I still find that past cryptocurrency returns significantly impact future attention.

Keywords: Investor attention; Cryptocurrency returns; Google search probability; Vector autoregression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101702

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