This paper analyzes the herding behavior that characterizes lenders' lending decisions on a
microloan platform and explains how rational herding behavior can resolve the information …

Using the data from two leading online lending platforms in the US and China, Lending Club
and Renrendai, respectively, we compare the behaviors of risk aversion and risk-return …

Subscription-based crowdfunding platforms emerged as novel digital platforms that offer
creators the possibility of financial independence. They differ significantly from traditional …

Prior research offers a minimal amount of direct evidence on the effect of gamification
features such as top-donor leaderboards on medical crowdfunding, particularly regarding …

At the core of reward-based crowdfunding (RBC) is the reward menu. Carefully constructed
reward menus can impact fundraising success significantly. For example, an oft-discussed …

Purpose In the digital age, the spread of online behavior and real-world information leads to
social contagion. This study aims to investigate the contagion phenomenon of online …

Governments have proposed various policy responses to contain the spread of coronavirus
disease 2019, but there is little available knowledge about how these policies are …

Our study explores the factors influencing investors' behavior in the peer-to-peer (P2P)
lending market in China, and the relationships among them from the perspective of …

While zero-trust (ZT) technologies cover many aspects of trust in information security (TinIS)
critical to Federal enterprises, more research is required to effectively identify their benefits …

We investigate how introducing a bidding agent impacts the process and outcome of an
online reverse auction in the context of a crowdlending platform. We consider this issue in …