Aloosh, Arash, Ouzan, Samuel and Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain (2022) Bubbles across Meme Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. Finance Research Letters, 49 . ISSN 1544-6131
Abstract
This study examines the price explosiveness of stocks whose purchase Robinhood restricted during the GameStop episode. We find that those “meme stocks” comprise multiple periods of explosiveness, indicating that they are unlikely to be an epiphenomenon. We also document evidence of price co-explosivity among meme stocks themselves and cryptocurrencies and meme stocks. Given the historical low correlation between the stock market and cryptocurrencies, our results highlight the impact of social media and emerging trading applications on interactions among equity and cryptocurrency markets, and their potentially destabilizing effects on both.
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| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Price Explosiveness; Co-explosivity; Meme Stocks; Cryptocurrencies; GameStop; Social Trading |
| Subjects: | Business > Finance |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 32897 |
| Deposited On: | 03 Jul 2026 13:22 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 03 Jul 2026 13:22 |
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