Crowdfunding: Geography, Social Networks, and the Timing of Investment Decisions

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-274

  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: 84928655937     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jems.12093     Document Type: Article

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