Elective affinities: exploring the matching between entrepreneurs and investors in equity crowdfunding
Abstract
Purpose The authors investigate whether matchings in equity crowdfunding are more likely to happen if homophily exists between investors and investees. They focus on gender, age and geographical proximity as crucial dimensions of similarity among individuals and thus of homophily. Furthermore, they investigate whether the effect of homophily depends on the risk of opportunism, which investors allegedly attribute to proponents basing on their...
Paper Details
Title
Elective affinities: exploring the matching between entrepreneurs and investors in equity crowdfunding
Published Date
Mar 31, 2020
Journal
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
183 - 198
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