Initial coin offerings, information disclosure, and fraud

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Beitragende

  • Lars Hornuf - , Universität Bremen, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Münchener Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wirtschaftswissenschaft - CESifo GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Theresa Kück - , Universität Bremen (Autor:in)
  • Armin Schwienbacher - , Université Côte d'Azur (Autor:in)

Abstract

We study the extent of fraud in initial coin offerings (ICOs), and whether information disclosure prior to the issuance predicts fraud. We document different types of fraud, and that fraudulent ICOs are on average much larger than the sample average. Issuers who disclose their code on GitHub are more likely to be targeted by phishing and hacker activities, which suggests that there are risks related to disclosing the code. Generally, we find it extremely difficult to predict fraud with the information available at the time of issuance. This calls for the need to install a third party that certifies the quality of the issuers, such as specialized platforms, or the engagement of institutional investors and venture capital funds that can perform a due diligence and thus verify the quality of the project.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1741-1759
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftSmall Business Economics
Jahrgang58
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

WOS 000634604500001
Scopus 85103349021
ORCID /0000-0002-0576-7759/work/142239294

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