In this paper we aim to empirically test the monitoring effect of Venture Capital financing on portfolio companies. Following Bernstein et al. (2015), we exploit the introduction of a new airline route between investor and investee locations as an exogenous shock lowering the cost of monitoring...

This paper investigates whether gender, age, ethnicity, and geography affect the choice of equity crowdfunding offerings vs initial public offerings (IPO) on traditional stock markets and whether these characteristics increase the likelihood of a successful offering. Using 167 equity offerings...

Policy-makers expect equity crowdfunding to democratize entrepreneurial finance, by providing access to funding to underrepresented groups of potential entrepreneurs. This paper investigates whether gender, age, ethnicity, and geography affect the choice of equity crowdfunding offerings vs...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are one of the major innovations that characterize the digital revolution of financial markets. Among the expectations created by the digital revolution is the democratization of entrepreneurial finance, defined in terms of the creation of more equality regarding...

The Internet has long promised the democratization of entrepreneurial finance by disintermediation of the interaction between those who want to invest money and those who need it. Equity crowdfunding platforms are one such mechanism. Using a sample of 58 equity offerings of UK crowdfunding...