TY - RPRT AU - Parker, Simon C. TI - Crowdfunding, Cascades and Informed Investors PY - 2014/Feb/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 7994 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7994 AB - 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'. KW - crowdfunding KW - new ventures KW - entrepreneurial finance KW - startups ER -