Standardization of the Digital Collectibles Market: The Starkelberg Game

Jia Li

doi:10.54254/2754-1169/2025.GL27520

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Standardization of the Digital Collectibles Market: The Starkelberg Game

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Standardization of the Digital Collectibles Market: The Starkelberg Game

Jia Li ^1*

¹ Northwest A&F University

^*Corresponding author: 18189129280@139.com

Published on 2 October 2025

AEMPS Vol.222

ISSN (Print): 2754-1177

ISSN (Online): 2754-1169

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-403-8

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-404-5

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Abstract

Leveraging emerging blockchain technology and visionary metaverse concepts, digital collectibles have emerged as an indispensable force in the digital economy. However, developing markets are increasingly exposed to issues such as information asymmetry, technical vulnerabilities, and market manipulation, leading to disorder and hindering sustainable economic growth. The underdeveloped regulatory framework has yet to resolve these challenges effectively, making standardized development imperative. By constructing a multi-stage Stakelberg game model to analyze strategic interactions among regulators, platforms, investors, and consumers, this study proposes recommendations including appropriate policy intensity, optimized trading mechanisms, rational investment practices, and consumer education to facilitate the standardized evolution of the digital collectibles market.

Keywords:

Digital collectibles, Stakelberg game, Market regulation

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Li,J. (2025). Standardization of the Digital Collectibles Market: The Starkelberg Game. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,222,31-37.

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Volume title: Proceedings of ICFTBA 2025 Symposium: Financial Framework's Role in Economics and Management of Human-Centered Development

ISBN: 978-1-80590-403-8(Print) / 978-1-80590-404-5(Online)

Editor: Lukáš Vartiak, Habil. Florian Marcel Nuţă

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Conference date: 17 October 2025

Series: Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences

Volume number: Vol.222

ISSN: 2754-1169(Print) / 2754-1177(Online)

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