6 papers
The Accommodation Trap: Survival Dependence, Communication, and the Allocation of Invisible Work
Samiha Tariq
This paper develops a theory of accommodation traps in workplace hierarchies. Workers with weak outside options face a higher relational cost of appearing unavailable, resistant, o…
Skill, Luck, or Imitation? What Actually Pays in Creator Markets
Samiha Tariq
A small share of online creators earn fortunes while most earn almost nothing. What separates them: skill, luck, or copying what works? This paper measures what YouTube vloggers ac…
Hype Has Worth: Attention, Sentiment, and NFT Valuation in Major Ethereum Collections
Samiha Tariq
Do online narratives leave a measurable imprint on prices in markets for digital or cultural goods? This paper evaluates how community attention and sentiment relate to valuation i…
Pixels to Prices: Visual Traits, Market Cycles, and the Economics of NFT Valuation
Samiha Tariq
Pixels and market cycles both move NFT prices. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets, often used to represent ownership of digital art, collectibles, and other media…
Borrowing on Belief? Consumer Confidence and U.S. Credit -- A VECM Study
Samiha Tariq, Weikang Zhang
This study explores the interdependent relationship between consumer credit and consumer confidence in the United States using monthly data from January 1978 to August 2024. Utiliz…
Cognitive Biases at Play? Insights from a Bayesian Game Framework
Samiha Tariq
This paper examines the impact of cognitive biases on financial decision-making through a static Bayesian game framework. While traditional economic theory assumes fully rational i…