Various forms of social learning and network effects are at work on crowdfunding platforms, giving rise to … their common presence on the platform. We finally show that these crowdfunding dynamics stir platform growth, with important …

We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success …

I investigate a simple model of advance-purchase contracts as a mode of financing costly projects. The analysis can …

Crowdfunding provides innovation in enabling entrepreneurs to contract with consumers before investment. Under … information threatens this benefit. Despite these threats, popular crowdfunding schemes are able to implement optimal screening … mechanisms. Crowdfunding's after-markets enable consumers to actively implement deferred payments and thereby optimally manage …

During the past decade, equity crowdfunding (ECF) has emerged as an alternative funding channel for startup firms. In …

What role does the selection of an investor and the timing of financing play in initial coin offerings (ICOs)? We …

This paper investigates the factors (such as different sources of financing, energy audits and internal monitoring … performance index (EPI) and on the level of economic development in turn. The results indicate that internal financing always has … a positive effect on a firm’s propensity to adopt EEMs. Private external sources of financing appear to be more …