How much is too much? The effects of information quantity on crowdfunding performance.

We explore the effects of the quantity of information on the tendency to contribute to crowdfunding campaigns. Using the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, we analyze the campaign descriptions and the performance of over 70,000 projects. We look empirically at the effect of information quantity (wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Naomi Moy, Ho Fai Chan, Benno Torgler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5851530?pdf=render