Igor Makarov
Research Interests
Cryptocurrencies
Decentralized Finance
Financial Markets
Asset Pricing
Cryptocurrencies
Decentralized Finance
Financial Markets
Asset Pricing
In this paper, we provide detailed analyses of the Bitcoin network and its main participants. We build a novel database using a large number of public...
The paper studies incentives and trading decisions of an arbitrageur who can take concentrated bets in an illiquid market and who cares about interim...
We study the efficiency, price formation and segmentation of cryptocurrency markets. We document large, recurrent arbitrage opportunities in...
We analyze credit default swap settlement auctions theoretically and evaluate them empirically. In our theoretical analysis, we show that the current...