Signaling and Fraud when Crowdfunding Campaigns Compete for Pledges
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Keywords
adverse selection; price competition; reward-based crowdfunding; fixed funding; enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2024-09-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-GTH-2024-09-30 (Game Theory)
- NEP-LAW-2024-09-30 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2024-09-30 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PAY-2024-09-30 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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