Information Cascades and Threshold Implementation: Theory and an Application to Crowdfunding
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- Lin William Cong & Yizhou Xiao, 2023. "Information Cascades and Threshold Implementation: Theory and An Application to Crowdfunding," NBER Working Papers 30820, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
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