%0 Report %A Parker, Simon C. %T Crowdfunding, Cascades and Informed Investors %D 2014 %8 2014 Feb %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 7994 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7994 %X Do higher proportions of (a) informed investors and (b) high-quality projects increase the number of good projects that are ultimately financed via crowdfunding? A simple model and simulation reveals the answers to both questions to be: 'not necessarily'. %K crowdfunding %K new ventures %K entrepreneurial finance %K startups