The existing studies underline the relationship between individual behavior and market information on investment decisions. However, to our knowledge, few studies investigated this relationship in the field of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are hybrid assets with high volatility. This paper explores the impact of investors’ risk attitude and market information on cryptocurrency investment using an experimental research design. We employed 185 Master students in our experiment. We tested our model through a probit regression, and results indicate that investors’ risk attitudes and market information positively impact investment in cryptocurrencies. Our study contributes to behavioral finance literature on risk attitude and market information related to cryptocurrencies.

Nabeel-Ud-Din, J., Di Pietro, F., Leonelli, S. (2021). The Influence of Investors’ Risk Attitude and Market Information on Cryptocurrency Investment: Evidence from an Experimental Study. In 42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs: "Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action". Association for Information Systems.

The Influence of Investors’ Risk Attitude and Market Information on Cryptocurrency Investment: Evidence from an Experimental Study

Di Pietro F.;
2021

Abstract

The existing studies underline the relationship between individual behavior and market information on investment decisions. However, to our knowledge, few studies investigated this relationship in the field of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are hybrid assets with high volatility. This paper explores the impact of investors’ risk attitude and market information on cryptocurrency investment using an experimental research design. We employed 185 Master students in our experiment. We tested our model through a probit regression, and results indicate that investors’ risk attitudes and market information positively impact investment in cryptocurrencies. Our study contributes to behavioral finance literature on risk attitude and market information related to cryptocurrencies.
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Cryptocurrencies; experiment design; Investment’s decision; Investor risk behavior; logit-probit; Market information;
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42nd International Conference on Information Systems: Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action, ICIS 2021 TREOs - 12 December 2021 through 15 December 2021
2021
42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs: "Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action"
9781713893608
2021
https://aisel.aisnet.org/itais2021/3/
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Nabeel-Ud-Din, J., Di Pietro, F., Leonelli, S. (2021). The Influence of Investors’ Risk Attitude and Market Information on Cryptocurrency Investment: Evidence from an Experimental Study. In 42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs: "Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action". Association for Information Systems.
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