The Pricing of Digital Art

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 716, 2023

32 Pages Posted: 20 Mar 2024

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Cathy Yi‐Hsuan Chen

University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Roman Kräussl

Bayes Business School (formerly Cass); Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Patrick Verwijmeren

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

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Date Written: December 21, 2023

Abstract

The intersection of recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence and blockchain technology has propelled digital art into the spotlight. Digital art pricing recognizes that owners derive utility beyond the artwork’s inherent value. We incorporate the consumption utility associated with digital art and model the stochastic discount factor and risk premiums. Furthermore, we conduct a calibration analysis to analyze the effects of shifts in the real and digital economy. Higher returns are required in a digital market upswing due to increased exposure to systematic risk and digital art prices are especially responsive to fluctuations in business cycles within digital markets.

Keywords: Digital art, conspicuous consumption, utility dividends, risk premium, valuation

JEL Classification: D8

Suggested Citation

Chen, Cathy Yi‐Hsuan and Kraeussl, Roman and Verwijmeren, Patrick, The Pricing of Digital Art (December 21, 2023). Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 716, 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4694237 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4694237

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Patrick Verwijmeren

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