Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180672 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 03/18
Publisher: 
Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn, Bonn
Abstract: 
Established early stage investors decide to invest in new ventures after evaluating the propensity of success and the risk of failure. Consequently, it is of considerable importance that the new business owners have substantial 'skin in the game' and are thus highly committed to business success. Despite its key role in practice, the entrepreneurs' own financial commitment has not yet been discussed in a crowdfunding context. Applying a signaling approach, our empirical findings show that entrepreneurs with comparatively more ex ante financial commitment in their project achieve significantly higher funding success. Moreover, our results suggest that financial commitment is the single most important variable determining funding success.
Subjects: 
equity crowdfunding
crowdinvesting
campaign success
financial commitment
signaling
entrepreneurial finance
JEL: 
G11
G19
G21
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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