Do uncertainties and risks have an impact on cryptocurrency returns? Evidence from the symmetric and asymmetric fourier quantile causality test

dc.contributor.authorKilci, Esra N.
dc.contributor.authorYilanci, Veli
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T02:58:17Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T02:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the impact of uncertainties and risks on the returns of cryptocurrencies by considering the two dimensions of uncertainty sourcing from economic policy uncertainty and geopolitical risk. Therefore, we analyze whether there is a causality from the global economic policy uncertainty (GEPU) and geopolitical risk (GPR) to the cryptocurrency returns in the period from 2015:01 through 2023:05. In our analysis, we use the GEPU and GPR indexes as independent variables and the historical values of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Monero, and Dash as dependent variables. We employ the Fourier augmented causality test considering the original series, and also the positive and negative components of the series. Our findings reveal that the GPR has predictive power for all cryptocurrencies while GEPU has not predictive power for only Bitcoin. Furthermore, we find evidence of the causality nexus that runs from negative shocks of GEPU to the negative shocks of Litecoin and Ripple, and from the negative shocks of GPR to the negative shocks of Litecoin and Monero indicating when there are significant decreases at the GEPU, these values can be used to predict the decreases of Litecoin and Ripple. Similarly, we can also imply it for the causality relationship from GPR to Litecoin and Monero. When we consider there might be a causal relationship not only between shocks of the same type but also between different types of shocks we find that there is unidirectional causality from negative shocks of GEPU to the positive shocks of Dash, Ethereum, and Monero at the high return phase, and from positive shocks of GEPU to the negative shocks of Ethereum, and from positive shocks of GPR to the negative components of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple at the bearish market conditions.
dc.identifier.issn0718-5286
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001957515
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30321
dc.identifier.volume52
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001462682800002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniv Chile Dept Economics
dc.relation.ispartofEstudios De Economia
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250529
dc.subjectUncertainty
dc.subjectcryptocurrencies
dc.subjectgeopolitical risk
dc.titleDo uncertainties and risks have an impact on cryptocurrency returns? Evidence from the symmetric and asymmetric fourier quantile causality test
dc.typeArticle

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