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NFTs and asset class spillovers: Lessons from the period around the COVID-19 pandemic
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In this paper, we analyze the connectedness between returns for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other financial assets (equities, bonds, currencies, gold, oil, Ethereum) during the period from January 2018 to June 2021. By using the Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregressions (TVP-VAR) approach, we show that the overall connectedness between the returns for financial assets increased during the COVID-19 period. Our static analysis shows that the behavior of the majority of NFT returns is attributable to endogenous shocks and only a small portion of this variation resulted from the impact of innovation in other assets. The results suggest that NFTs are mainly independent of shocks from common assets classes and even from their close relation, Ethereum. The dynamic analysis across time reveals that during normal times, NFTs act as transmitters of systemic risk to some degree, but during stressful times, their role shifts, and they act as absorbers of risk spillovers. This suggests that NFTs may have diversification benefits during turbulent times, as apparent during the COVID-19 crisis, and especially around the great March 2020 market plunge.
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“This distinction was clearly highlighted by [40], and the relevance of endogenous shocks for NFTs' price dynamics (namely their return) was strongly advocated for by [41].”
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“Nevertheless, the majority of NFTs' return fluctuations can be attributed to endogenous shocks; only a small percentage is due to the trends of other assets.”
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“Ethereum and NFTs are shown to exhibit the highest correlation and volatility in the pandemic period.”
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- Authors
- Aharon, D. Y., & Demir, E.
- Affiliations
- Ono Academic College (IL)
- Reykjavík University (IS)
- Corresponding author
- Demir, Ender
- Venue
- Finance Research Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-06
- Volume
- 47
- Pages
- 102515
- ISSN
- 1544-6123 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9643051
- OpenAlex
- W3208066366
- Cited by
- 274
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 86 · 2022: 46
- FWCI
- 37.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Finance research letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Keywords
- non-fungible tokens, return connectedness, COVID-19 pandemic, Ethereum, systemic risk, diversification benefits, time-varying connectedness
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