Resolving Information Asymmetry: Signaling, Endorsement, and Crowdfunding Success

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 265-290

  Courtney, Christopher ^a   Dutta, Supradeep ^a   Li, Yong ^a  

^a 325 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

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EID: 85007422262     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12267     Document Type: Article

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