Ethical Consumers and Low-Income Sellers on China’s Reward-Based Crowdfunding Platforms: Are Poverty Alleviation Campaigns More Successful?

Chao Xing (), Yuming Zhang () and David Tripe ()
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Chao Xing: Ocean University of China
Yuming Zhang: Shandong University
David Tripe: Massey University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, vol. 191, issue 4, No 8, 793-810

Abstract: Abstract We explore success drivers of reward-based crowdfunding for poverty alleviation in China. The results from our econometric modeling using data from 4375 reward-based crowdfunding campaigns suggest that poverty alleviation campaigns, as compared to ordinary ones, benefit from higher funded amounts, larger backer numbers, and greater success rates. The results also suggest that poverty alleviation campaigns perform better when the products sold originate from poorer (as compared to wealthier) regions and when price premiums are lower (as compared to higher). We corroborate important findings from the field study with an experimental study, showing that the consumer’s feeling of warm glow accounts for the positive effects of poverty alleviation campaigns (as compared to ordinary) campaigns. We expand the applications of warm-glow theory into the context of reward-based crowdfunding campaigns for poverty alleviation and offer new insights into success drivers of such campaigns.

Keywords: Crowdfunding; Poverty alleviation; Local poverty degree; Price premium; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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