“All that glitters is not gold!”: The (Unexplored) Determinants of Equity Crowdfunding
基于行为金融理论和英国股权众筹平台论坛数据，构建了股权众筹投资者投资决策过程的综合框架，揭示了实用、情感和表达性投资动机，为创业者和平台提供策略建议。
Abstract Drawing from the rich literature in behavioural finance and extensive analysis of forum data from a UK equity crowdfunding platform, we present a comprehensive framework that delineates the investment decision-making process of equity crowdfunders. Our framework captures the utilitarian, emotional, and expressive investment motives that drive crowdfunders, their behaviours and actions during and after the campaign, as well as the challenges they encounter in fulfilling their investment goals. Our work highlights the crucial need to explore the extent to which entrepreneurs and crowdfunding platforms cater to the diverse investment motives and expectations of the crowd. We offer practical insights to entrepreneurs and platforms on how they can better align their strategies with the expectations and needs of equity crowdfunders.