Crowdfunding and bank financing: substitutes or complements?

Miglo, A. (2022) Crowdfunding and bank financing: substitutes or complements? Small Business Economics, 59(3), pp. 1115-1142. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-021-00571-9)

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze a firm choice between crowdfunding and bank financing. For many entrepreneurs, it is an important issue. We analyze a model where the choice of financing is affected by moral hazard problem regarding the choice of production scale that favors bank financing, and by the uncertainty about market demand that favors crowdfunding. We argue that long crowdfunding campaigns or campaigns with large targets usually are less efficient in mitigating moral hazard problem than small/short campaigns. We also argue that high-quality firms and firms with potentially large markets will tend to select bank financing while projects with largest amount of investment should select mixed financing where the firm uses a short crowdfunding campaign and a bank loan. Most of our model empirical predictions have not been directly tested so far while they are indirectly consistent with available evidence.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Miglo, Dr Anton
• Authors: Miglo, A.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Accounting and Finance
• Journal Name: Small Business Economics
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 0921-898X
• ISSN (Online): 1573-0913
• Published Online: 15 January 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Author
• First Published: First published in Small Business Economics 59(3): 1115-1142
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License