Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
The economic geography of civic crowdfunding
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7088-8629
Abstract Civic crowdfunding combines the power of private crowdfunding with grassroots organization to directly fund local public projects. This article presents an empirical analysis of fine scale geographic data on 18,000 donations to roughly 800 campaigns from a leading civic crowdfunding platform. These features of the dataset allow us to empirically assess distributional impacts of crowdfunding and how policymakers should interpret donations. There are several findings that have implications for the role of civic crowdfunding in urban transformation. First, neighborhood characteristics of projects, including median household income, do not impact the ability to raise capital, which addresses the concern that civic crowdfunding will exacerbate inequality in neighborhood amenities. The average distance of a donor to a project is over 300 miles and the median distance is 8 miles, indicating that while projects elicit donations from outside their community local donations are very important. Donors' neighborhood income does not influence whether they contribute to projects in low-income or high-income neighborhoods. The findings serve as a guide to future research on civic crowdfunding and inform how the expansion of this new funding mechanism can integrate into local government policy.
Highlights We analyze fine scale geographic information from a leading civic crowdfunding platform Neighborhood demographics, including income, do not affect the ability to raise funding Median distance of donor to project is 8 miles and average distance is over 300 miles Donors' neighborhood income does not dictate whether they contribute to projects in low or high-income neighborhoods
The economic geography of civic crowdfunding
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7088-8629
Abstract Civic crowdfunding combines the power of private crowdfunding with grassroots organization to directly fund local public projects. This article presents an empirical analysis of fine scale geographic data on 18,000 donations to roughly 800 campaigns from a leading civic crowdfunding platform. These features of the dataset allow us to empirically assess distributional impacts of crowdfunding and how policymakers should interpret donations. There are several findings that have implications for the role of civic crowdfunding in urban transformation. First, neighborhood characteristics of projects, including median household income, do not impact the ability to raise capital, which addresses the concern that civic crowdfunding will exacerbate inequality in neighborhood amenities. The average distance of a donor to a project is over 300 miles and the median distance is 8 miles, indicating that while projects elicit donations from outside their community local donations are very important. Donors' neighborhood income does not influence whether they contribute to projects in low-income or high-income neighborhoods. The findings serve as a guide to future research on civic crowdfunding and inform how the expansion of this new funding mechanism can integrate into local government policy.
Highlights We analyze fine scale geographic information from a leading civic crowdfunding platform Neighborhood demographics, including income, do not affect the ability to raise funding Median distance of donor to project is 8 miles and average distance is over 300 miles Donors' neighborhood income does not dictate whether they contribute to projects in low or high-income neighborhoods
The economic geography of civic crowdfunding
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7088-8629
Abstract Civic crowdfunding combines the power of private crowdfunding with grassroots organization to directly fund local public projects. This article presents an empirical analysis of fine scale geographic data on 18,000 donations to roughly 800 campaigns from a leading civic crowdfunding platform. These features of the dataset allow us to empirically assess distributional impacts of crowdfunding and how policymakers should interpret donations. There are several findings that have implications for the role of civic crowdfunding in urban transformation. First, neighborhood characteristics of projects, including median household income, do not impact the ability to raise capital, which addresses the concern that civic crowdfunding will exacerbate inequality in neighborhood amenities. The average distance of a donor to a project is over 300 miles and the median distance is 8 miles, indicating that while projects elicit donations from outside their community local donations are very important. Donors' neighborhood income does not influence whether they contribute to projects in low-income or high-income neighborhoods. The findings serve as a guide to future research on civic crowdfunding and inform how the expansion of this new funding mechanism can integrate into local government policy.
Highlights We analyze fine scale geographic information from a leading civic crowdfunding platform Neighborhood demographics, including income, do not affect the ability to raise funding Median distance of donor to project is 8 miles and average distance is over 300 miles Donors' neighborhood income does not dictate whether they contribute to projects in low or high-income neighborhoods
The economic geography of civic crowdfunding
Brent, Daniel A. (Autor:in) / Lorah, Katie (Autor:in)
Cities ; 90 ; 122-130
24.01.2019
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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