Crowdfunding: Fleecing the American Masses

By Z. Griffin. 2012

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems, Marketing

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Internal Social Capital and the Attraction of Early Contributions in Crowdfunding (2015, background): “Taxonomies of crowdfunding models have been proposed based on what backers receive in exchange for their contributions (Griffin, 2012), such as equity shares (Ahlers, Cumming, Günther, & Schweizer, 2012), a product or service (Belleflamme et al., 2014), a particular interest rate (Zhang & Liu,…”
Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding (2015, unknown): “Despite increased attention by policymakers, regulators, investors, and founders, however, the mechanisms and dynamics of crowdfunding in general, and equity crowdfunding in particular, are not yet well understood (Griffin, 2012).”
The role of crowdfunding in entrepreneurial finance (2012, background): “Donation Sites: Contributors donate funds mostly for charities and other non-profits and sometimes for-profits as well (Griffin, 2012; Bradford, 2012).”
Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd (2014, unknown): “However, discussions are ongoing in many countries to reform registration requirements for smaller firms that would facilitate crowdfunding initiatives (Griffin, 2012, offers a critical discussion on this debate in the United States).”
Crowdfunding: A Literature Review and Research Directions (2014, unknown): “For a further discussion of the proposal, see Guzik (2014). 12 A discussion of the legal situation in different European Countries can be found in Hornuf and Schwienbacher (2014b).”
Demand-driven securities regulation: evidence from crowdfunding (2013, unknown): “Other types of crowdfunding platforms include donations, rewards based, and lending (for a description, see Agrawal, Catalini, and Goldfarb 2011; Ahlers et al. 2012; Belleflamme, Lambert, and Schwienbacher 2010, 2013; Bradford 2012; Burtch, Ghose, and Wattal 2012;Griffin 2012;Mollick 2012; Schwienba”
Crowdfunding models: Keep‐It‐All vs. All‐Or‐Nothing (2019, unknown): “Indeed, concerns have recently been raised by regulators and academics (Griffin, 2012; Hildebrand, Puri and Rocholl, 2013; Hornuf and Schwienbacher, 2014a) that crowdfunding simply shifts risk to the crowd, and that some entrepreneurs may exploit an unsophisticated crowd.”
A conceptualized investment model of crowdfunding (2013, background): “Unsurprisingly, ‘[ . . . ] the majority of donation sites are for charities and non-profit institutions [ . . . ]’ (Griffin, 2013, 6).”
The role of venture capital in the emerging entrepreneurial finance ecosystem: future threats and opportunities (2019, background): “…Web 2.0, with the development of Internet-based online platforms which has enabled crowdfunding to become simpler, more scalable, cost efficient and more visible and attractive to retail investors (Kleemann, Voss, and Rieder 2008; Lambert and Schwienbacher 2010; Griffin 2012; Bruton et al. 2015).”