choosing which platform to invest, and if so, how various platform attributes and regulations moderate herding behavior. We …Online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, one of the most successful technology-enabled initiatives in the fintech revolution … herding among investors at the listing level, such social behavior has been underexplored at a macro, platform level. In this …

establish evidence of herding behaviour: the investors in our sample tend to prefer assets that had attracted strong interest in … previous periods. The herding behaviour relates to both the experience of the investor and the length of time of each … investment session. The results show that herding happens mostly in the first or final hour of long sessions. Herding behaviour …

Chapter 1. Introduction: what is equity crowdfunding and how can the decision-making process of retail investors be … financing new ventures through equity crowdfunding (ECF) and determining fundraising campaign success. ECF is increasing in … data mining approach to extract publicly available information from a multitude of crowdfunding platforms across different …

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 …

FinTech innovation has thrived in China in the past decade. As one leading sector of FinTech innovation, the P2P … lending market, and the FinTech industry in general …