Information asymmetry in initial coin offerings (ICOs): Investigating the effects of multiple channel signals
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Highlights:
• High credible and easy-interpretable signals are processed by investors in the crowd sale stage.
• Low credible and easy-interpretable signals are processed by investors in the listing stage.
• High credible and hard-interpretable signals lose their functions in both stages.
• Investor comments on social media play a role of information surveillance.
摘要
•High credible and easy-interpretable signals are processed by investors in the crowd sale stage.•Low credible and easy-interpretable signals are processed by investors in the listing stage.•High credible and hard-interpretable signals lose their functions in both stages.•Investor comments on social media play a role of information surveillance.
论文关键词:Entrepreneurial finance,Fintech,Information asymmetry,Initial coin offering,Signal processing
论文评审过程:Received 29 January 2019, Revised 12 May 2019, Accepted 12 May 2019, Available online 13 May 2019, Version of Record 22 May 2019.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2019.100858