Plausibly Exogenous [1752] - DeFi (11/19/2024)

LHS Variable
Need for trust

RHS Variable
Decentralized finance

Source of Exogenous Variation
Revelation of the identities of individuals (including a convicted criminal) associated with the Abracadabra lending protocol

- Saengchote, Putnins, and Samphantharak (2023), “Does DeFi remove the need for trust? Evidence from a natural experiment in stablecoin lending”