Business or basic needs?: the impact of loan purpose on social crowdfunding platforms

Crowdfunding has created new opportunities for poor microentrepreneurs. One crucial question is the impact that the purpose of a loan—either business investment or basic necessities—may have on the success of a campaign. Investigating a prosocial crowdfunding platform, we find that loans taken out t...

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Authors: Gafni, Hadar (Author) ; Hudon, Marek (Author) ; Périlleux, Anaïs (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2021
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 173, Issue: 4, Pages: 777-793
Further subjects:B Ethical finance
B Crowdfunding
B Microfinance
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Gender preference
B Microlending
B Basic necessities
B Business loans
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