Savva Shanaev

Northumbria University

Lecturer

Pandon Building

208, City Campus East-1

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Newcastle NE1 8ST

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

Detecting Anomalies in the 2020 US Presidential Election Votes with Benford’s Law

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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US presidential election, Benford's law, election analysis, data irregularities

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The Financial Pandemic: COVID-19 and Policy Interventions on Rational and Irrational Markets

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 May 2020
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 823 (63,090)
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COVID-19, event studies, policy intervention, financial market, efficient market hypothesis, SIR model

Can Returns Breed Like Rabbits? Econometric Tests for Fibonacci Retracements

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Sep 2022
Savva Shanaev and Ryan Gibson
Northumbria University and Audit Partnership Ltd
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Fibonacci retracement, golden ratio, technical analysis, support and resistance, market efficiency

Can Returns Breed Like Rabbits? Econometric Tests for Fibonacci Retracements

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Sep 2022
Savva Shanaev and Ryan Gibson
Northumbria University and Audit Partnership Ltd
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Fibonacci retracement, golden ratio, technical analysis, support and resistance, market efficiency

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Towards Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrency Valuation: Mining Games, Network Effects and the Social Value of Blockchain

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Apr 2019
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University and Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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cryptocurrency, valuation, proof-of-work, bitcoin, network effects, transaction costs, alternative investments, simultaneous equilibria, social value of blockchain

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Taming the Blockchain Beast? Regulatory Implications for the Cryptocurrency Market

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 405 (152,816)
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cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency regulation, anti-money laundering, event studies

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The Marginal Cost of Mining, Metcalfe's Law and Cryptocurrency Value Formation: Causal Inferences from the Instrumental Variable Approach

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Aug 2019
Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 360 (174,221)
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cryptocurrency, blockchain, hashrate, Metcalfe’s law, cost-based pricing, causal inference, instrumental variable

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Downloads 357 (175,851)
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Turn-of-the-candle effect in Bitcoin returns

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Savva Shanaev, Mikhail Vasenin and Roman Stepanov
Northumbria University, Northumbria University and Northumbria University
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Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, high frequency, market efficiency, market anomaly

Turn-of-The-Candle Effect in Bitcoin Returns

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Aug 2022
Savva Shanaev, Mikhail Vasenin and Roman Stepanov
Northumbria University, Northumbria University and Northumbria University
Downloads 89 (605,445)
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, High Frequency, Market Efficiency, Market Anomaly

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A Generalised Seasonality Test and Applications for Stock Market Seasonality

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Savva Shanaev and Binam Ghimire
Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 333 (189,685)
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seasonality, seasonality test, market efficiency, return seasonality

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A Fitting Return to Fitting Returns: Cryptocurrency Distributions Revisited

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2021
Savva Shanaev and Binam Ghimire
Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 324 (195,290)
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cryptocurrency, return distribution, skewness, kurtosis, goodness-of-fit

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LGBT CEOs and Stock Returns: Diagnosing Rainbow Ceilings and Cliffs

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 May 2022
Savva Shanaev, Arina Skorochodova and Mikhail Vasenin
Northumbria University, Northumbria University and Northumbria University
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LGBT, LGBTQ, socially responsible investment, workplace diversity, discrimination, rainbow ceiling

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Microeconomic Optimization of a Retail Outlet: Combinatorial and Probability Theory Methods

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Apr 2015
Savva Shanaev and Mikhail Vasenin
Northumbria University and Northumbria University
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optimization, probability theory, combinatorics

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Proof-of-What? Detecting Original Consensus Algorithms in Cryptocurrencies with a Four-Factor Model

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jun 2019
Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (INE PAN) and University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle
Downloads 214 (296,997)
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cryptocurrency, consensus algorithm, proof-of-work, proof-of-stake, risk factor, factor portfolio

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International Trade Globalization Model: Shapley Value and 'Fair' Pricing

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Apr 2015
Savva Shanaev
Northumbria University
Downloads 137 (438,156)

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mathematical economics, international economics, international trade, cooperative games, linear programming

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Competitive Consumer Loan Market Model: Interest-Collateral Equilibrium

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Jun 2016
Savva Shanaev, Arina Shuraeva and Arina Shuraeva
Northumbria University and University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle
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microeconomics, mathematical economics, banking, collateral

15.

Second Season Syndrome in Association Football: Myth or Reality?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
Savva Shanaev and Mark Middling
Northumbria University and Northumbria University
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second season syndrome, association football, sporting performance, sports analytics

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When Bitcoin is High: Cryptocurrency Value, Illicit Markets, and US Marijuana Bills

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Northumbria University, Northumbria University, Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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Bitcoin, cannabis, illicit market, shadow economy, event study

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New Evidence on the Institutional Causes of Economic Growth: Using Peer Pressure to Unbundle Institutions across Countries

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Dec 2019
Savva Shanaev and Roseline Wanjiru
Northumbria University and University of Northumbria at Newcastle
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economic growth, instrumental variables, institutions, international trade, political pressure, property rights

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To Float or to Sink? Revisiting the Causal Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Jul 2020
University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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exchange rate regime, fixed exchange rate, economic growth, causal inference

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Children’s Toy or Grown-Ups’ Gamble? LEGO Sets as an Alternative Investment

Posted: 02 Oct 2019
University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School

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LEGO, alternative investment, collectable, performance evaluation, risk factor

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Cryptocurrency Value and 51% Attacks: Evidence from Event Studies

The Journal of Alternative Investments Winter 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2019.1.081
Posted: 02 Dec 2018
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University and Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

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cryptocurrency, alternative investment, 51% attack, event studies