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FOMO and the ICO: The changing salience of quality signals

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العنوان: FOMO and the ICO: The changing salience of quality signals
المؤلفون: Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx, Sandzhar Tazhibaev, Johannes Gartner
المصدر: Digital Business, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 100087- (2024)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Business
مصطلحات موضوعية: Initial coin offering, Fear of missing out, Signaling theory, Conjoint experiment, Business, HF5001-6182
الوصف: The manuscript investigates whether the individual personality trait, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)—typically considered negative—influences the willingness of individuals to contribute to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), a phenomenon that emerged after the blockchain revolution. We conducted both qualitative and quantitative work in this space and present the results of an international survey, including a conjoint experiment. Theoretically, we anchor our study in signaling theory and propose that signal valence (the positive or negative interpretation of a signal) can diverge from signal intent. Specifically, we find that candidate ICO funders with strong FOMO behave predictably irrationally. They are more likely to invest in financially irresponsible projects and are less likely to invest in projects that have received recognition from established media sources or multinationals. While both financial responsibility and stakeholder recognition are ostensibly positive signals of team and project quality, we find that for ICO funders with high FOMO, the valence of these signals changes.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2666-9544
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666954424000152; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-9544
DOI: 10.1016/j.digbus.2024.100087
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/1375145d0f9d4ba58e56109542942f52
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1375145d0f9d4ba58e56109542942f52
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:26669544
DOI:10.1016/j.digbus.2024.100087