主 题:Initial Coin Offerings and Platform Building
内容简介:In a typical initial coin offering (ICO), an entrepreneur pre-sells digital tokens which will later serve as the medium of exchange on a peer-to-peer platform. We present a model rationalizing ICOs for launching such platforms: By transparently distributing tokens before the platform operation begins, an ICO overcomes later coordination failures during platform operation, induced by a cross-side network effect between transaction counterparties. Furthermore, a critical-mass requirement that arises from an endogenous same-side network effect during the ICO rationalizes several empirical patterns observed in ICO structures. Our model provides guidance for both regulators and practitioners to discern economically valuable ICOs.
报告人:李家荪 助理教授
时 间:2018-12-21 14:30
地 点:位育楼117
举办单位:金融学院 科研部 经济与金融研究院
