Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 955-980

  Ahlers, Gerrit K C ^a   Cumming, Douglas ^b   Günther, Christina ^c   Schweizer, Denis ^d  

^a AT Kearney GmbH   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^d John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

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EID: 84934283477     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12157     Document Type: Article

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