Plausibly Exogenous [1341] - Mining Crypto (10/03/2023)

LHS Variable
Carbon emissions

RHS Variable
Cryptomining incentives

Source of Exogenous Variation
Daily variation in Bitcoin price as a natural experiment for an 86 megawatt coal-fired power plant with on-site cryptomining

- Papp, Almond, and Zhang (2023), “Bitcoin and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Evidence from Daily Production Decisions”