What determines bitcoin liquidity? A penalized regression approach

We investigate which factors contribute most to the liquidity of Bitcoin, using a diverse universe of candidate factors reflecting key developments in the crypto market and the global economy. The empirical analysis relies on three regularized linear regression methods, viz. LASSO, adaptive LASSO, a...

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Published in:Applied economics letters 2023-10, Vol.30 (18), p.2543-2554
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Economic analysis
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liquidity determinants
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