crowdfunding ventures. This is done by applying standard economic theory and machine learning techniques from computer science to … analyzes transaction-level data in addition to information about completed crowdfunding projects. This provides an unique … crowdfunding campaign at any point throughout its duration. These ndings prove that a number of product and project specifi c …

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 …

The bulk of today's (“preorder-,” “reward-,” “gift-,” and “donation-based”) crowdfunding raises funds for tiny, private … “contributions.”We theorize and show empirically that crowdfunding has a payoff structure akin to public goods and associated free … sources of non-pecuniary motivations in cases of entrepreneurial crowdfunding: (i) empathy, in the sense of experiencing a …