Geographic Tradability and Political Ideology in Crowdfunding

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dc.contributor.advisorWhalley, Alexander
dc.contributor.advisorKeyhani, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorRezaei, Mohammadhossein
dc.contributor.committeememberBeaulieu, Eugene C
dc.contributor.committeememberPandes, J. Ari
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T15:47:42Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T15:47:42Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-31
dc.description.abstractDespite the promise of digital technologies such as crowdfunding platforms to remove geographic barriers to trade, distance and local bias effects persist on these platforms, and an active program of research is aiming to identify the drivers and mechanisms of these local bias effects. Using two novel measures of tradability in the context of crowdfunding, we show that crowdfunding campaigns in highly tradable product sectors set higher goals for their campaigns on average. However, correlational analysis suggests that the extent to which tradability can be leveraged can depend on other factors such as political context. We find that political ideology context may act as a barrier to trade such that campaigns located in blue states set higher goals than campaigns located in red states, and also show a stronger association between tradability and goal level compared to campaigns in red states. This thesis is the first ever study on tradability as well as the first ever study on political ideology in the context of reward-based crowdfunding.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRezaei, M. (2021). Geographic Tradability and Political Ideology in Crowdfunding (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39165
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113822
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectCrowdfunding, Geographic Tradability, International Tradability, Political Ideologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomics--Commerce-Businessen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.titleGeographic Tradability and Political Ideology in Crowdfundingen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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