Chapter 17 Asymmetries in Concepts of Digital Asset Pricing Sustainability Literature

Rohit Malhotra

Introduction and Conceptual Overview

It is well established that the gross domestic product (GDP) at real prices is not the right measure of economic growth. The welfare component is measured by consumer and producer surplus, together, with the advent of digital information, more interesting and innovative measures of user-driven satisfaction can be derived (Coyle, 2017).

Digital platforms as an aggregate resource in improving the overall performance of the economy are not appraised fully in the form of a national indicator since GDP considers factor costs at market prices (considering complete markets), which is not realistic (Simon, ...

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