Based on 26,883 investment decisions, we examine the inŕuence of social media marketing on crowd participation in equity crowdfunding. We distinguish between different types of informative and persuasive posts on Facebook and Twitter. Informative posts provide investors with information about...

Deal-of-the-day (DoD) promotions are nowadays very popular. As a special form of a price promotion, they allow firms to offer products at substantial price discounts, usually at or above 50%, for a very limited period of time, usually between one and seven days. Conventional wisdom suggests that...

Based on 26,883 investment decisions, we examine the influence of social media marketing on crowd participation in equity crowdfunding. We distinguish between different types of informative and persuasive posts on Facebook and Twitter. Informative posts provide investors with information about...