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Regulatory spillovers occur when regulation in one country affects either the expected regulatory approach and/or entrepreneurial finance markets in other countries. Drawing on institutional theory, we investigate the global implications of a regulatory spillover on entrepreneurship. We argue...
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incentive problems of professional blockchain participants who contribute to the development and sales of the product. We argue …
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technology. Blockchain technology aims to coordinate action in a world of incomplete information and opportunism, but the … governance arrangements in blockchain protocols remain far from settled. Drawing upon recent theoretical developments regarding … constitutional change, we interpret changes to the fundamental working rules of blockchain protocols as central to the adaptive …
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organization (DAO) governance on a blockchain. It provides an overview of the DAO concept based on self-executing smart contracts … on a blockchain. The blockchain keeps a record of data and transactions in a decentralized and immutable form. The self …-executing smart contracts on a blockchain ensure transparency and automation of the decision-making process in a DAO. The paper …
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investors and draw a comparison to regulatory activities both in the US and Switzerland …
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Using the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs) as a laboratory, we provide evidence that entrepreneurs use retention to alleviate information asymmetry. The underlying technology and the absence of regulation make the ICO market well suited to study this question empirically. Using a...
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In this paper, we study how funds regulation influences a venture’s token issuing strategy, cash diversion behavior and signaling effectiveness, when he has private knowledge on product quality (i.e., high or low). We first analyze this problem under complete information, which extends Gan et...
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We show that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) can limit rent-seeking activities of large firms with market power while preserving efficiency gains due to network effects. We model ICOs of utility tokens, which can be used to finance development of online platforms where buyers and sellers can meet...
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