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Early Refund Bonuses Increase Successful Crowdfunding
The assurance contract mechanism is often used to crowdfund public goods. This mechanism has weak implementation properties that can lead to miscoordination and failure to produce socially valuable projects. To encourage early...
Decentralized Funding of Public Goods in Blockchain System
Jichen Li, Yukun Cheng, Wenhan Huang, Mengqian Zhang, Jiarui Fan, Xiaotie Deng, Jan Xie, Jie Zhang
Jun 30, 2024
Public goods projects, such as open-source technology, are essential for the blockchain ecosystem's growth. However, funding these projects effectively remains a critical issue within the ecosystem. Currently, the funding...
public goods blockchain human oracle predict with expert advice Reputation /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1712 name=Software /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1710 name=Information Systems /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1708 name=Hardware and Architecture /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1705 name=Computer Networks and Communications /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1706 name=Computer Science Applications
Donation-Based Crowdfunding with Refund Bonuses
We study donation-based crowdfunding for threshold public good provision. Our main focus is on an extension with refund bonuses aimed at resolving the problems of equilibrium coordination and free riding. In the case of...
Decentralized Funding of Public Goods in Blockchain System
Jichen Li, Yukun Cheng, Wenhan Huang, Mengqian Zhang, Jiarui Fan, Xiaotie Deng, Jan Xie, Jie Zhang
Jun 30, 2024
Public goods projects, such as open-source technology, are essential for the blockchain ecosystem's growth. However, funding these projects effectively remains a critical issue within the ecosystem. Currently, the funding...
public goods blockchain human oracle predict with expert advice Reputation /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1712 name=Software /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1710 name=Information Systems /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1708 name=Hardware and Architecture /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1705 name=Computer Networks and Communications /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1706 name=Computer Science Applications
On the global supply of basic research
In a two-country Schumpeterian growth model, we study the incentives for basic research investments by governments in a globalized world. A country’s basic research investments increase with the country’s level of human capital...
Enhancing fundraising with refund bonuses
The provision point mechanism as a method of funding threshold public goods is extended with refund bonuses. Each contributor not only has his contribution refunded in the case of insufficient contributions but also receives a...
Guns and butter? Military expenditure and health spending on the eve of the Arab Spring
We examine the validity of the guns-versus-butter hypothesis in the pre-Arab Spring era. Using panel data from 1995 to 2011–the eve of the Arab uprisings–we find no evidence that increased security needs as measured by the...
On the global supply of basic research
In a two-country Schumpeterian growth model, we study the incentives for basic research investments by governments in a globalized world. A country’s basic research investments increase with the country’s level of human capital...
Mega-event effects on the housing market
Mega-event regeneration involves extensive government funds and public participation; thus, this study emphasises the importance of verifying if these financial and human investments can be justified by the net effects of...
Donation-Based Crowdfunding with Refund Bonuses
We study donation-based crowdfunding for threshold public good provision. Our main focus is on an extension with refund bonuses aimed at resolving the problems of equilibrium coordination and free riding. In the case of...
Early Refund Bonuses Increase Successful Crowdfunding
The assurance contract mechanism is often used to crowdfund public goods. This mechanism has weak implementation properties that can lead to miscoordination and failure to produce socially valuable projects. To encourage early...
Enhancing fundraising with refund bonuses
The provision point mechanism as a method of funding threshold public goods is extended with refund bonuses. Each contributor not only has his contribution refunded in the case of insufficient contributions but also receives a...