“Learning Through Crowdfunding”

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• Katrin Tinn, Imperial College London
• Thursday 01 June 2017, 13:00-14:00
• Room W4.03 Judge Business School.

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Abstract: We develop a model where reward-based crowdfunding enables firms to obtain a reliable proof of concept early in their production cycle. The information gathered from a subsample of backers through a fixed length pre-selling campaign enables firms to update their beliefs about the preferences of all future consumers. This creates a valuable real option as firms invest only if updated demand is high. Further, such updating mitigates moral hazard: the higher the funds raised, the lower the firms’ incentives to divert them. Our results are consistent with stylized facts and provide new testable implications.

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