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 …

Despite the growing popularity of investment-based crowdfunding, we know little about what platforms do before the … campaign. This is one of the first studies to provide cross-platform evidence on investment-based crowdfunding. First, we … describe the regulation and development over time of investment-based crowdfunding markets in France, Italy, Germany and the UK …