Utilizing a measure of the Bitcoin network’s daily electricity load, we document a significant volatility effect of Bitcoin mining activity in three prominent electricity markets in the U.S. The volatility effect is found ...
This study investigates the impact of a metric of extreme weather shocks on 32 state-level inflation rates of the United States (US) over the quarterly period of 1989:01 to 2017:04. In this regard, we first utilize a dynamic ...
In this paper, we develop a proxy for global uncertainty based on the volatility of gold market over the annual periods from 1311 to 2019, and then use this proxy metric to forecast historical growth-rates for eight advanced ...
