Some simple economics of crowdfunding

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-97

  Agrawal, Ajay ^a   Catalini, Christian ^b   Goldfarb, Avi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84902959218     PISSN: 15313468     EISSN: 15372618     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/674021     Document Type: Article

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