Factors influencing the intention to use cryptocurrency payments: An examination of blockchain economy

Guych, Nuryyev and Anastasia, Spyridou and Simon, Yeh and Jennet, Achyldurdyyeva (2018): Factors influencing the intention to use cryptocurrency payments: An examination of blockchain economy. Published in: TOURMAN 2018 Conference Proceedings, Rhodes: Greece (28 October 2018): pp. 303-310.

Abstract

In summary, this study has applied TAM model to examine cryptocurrency payment adoption in Taiwanese hotels, examining the factors that are more likely to affect the behavioral intent. The empirical results suggest that intent to adopt cryptocurrency payments is affected by perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use of these payments. In turn, perceived usefulness is affected by trust towards these payments. Interestingly, perceived usefulness was not shown to be significantly affected by different types of risks associated with cryptocurrency payments, including financial risk, technological risk, and social risk. Perceived ease of use, in turn, is affected by convenience of cryptocurrency payments; and is not shown to be significantly affected by trust.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: cryptocurrency payment, cryptocurrency acceptance, technology acceptance, blockchain economy
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G29 - Other; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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