Abstract : Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a new financing instrument that allows start-ups to sell blockchain-based digital tokens for capital on the internet. This study tests the effects of disclosure of founders’ background information and founding team’s collective human capital on ICO outcomes. We find both the disclosure of founders’ information and founding team’s human capital are associated with better ICO outcomes measured either by the total amount raised or the speed of fundraising. Our results thus highlight the importance of information disclosure and human capital in entrepreneurial finance.
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02512437 Contributor : Isabelle CeletConnect in order to contact the contributor Submitted on : Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 4:29:45 PM Last modification on : Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 4:12:04 PM
Tinghua Duan. Initial Coin Offerings and Entrepreneurial Finance: The Role of Founders’ Characteristics. The Journal of Alternative Investments, 2019, 21 (4), pp.26-40. ⟨10.3905/jai.2019.1.068⟩. ⟨hal-02512437⟩