The Korean government doubled the total assets threshold for its large business group (chaebol) designation policy in 2016. Exploiting this policy change, I examine the value implications of a firm’s chaebol affiliation. My results suggest that firms affiliated with business groups that had...

This study examines the performance of user entrepreneurs in acquiring financial resources via crowdfunding. User entrepreneurs are thought to have better performance than non-user entrepreneurs, but the theoretical underpinnings of these differences are unclear. We propose a baseline hypothesis...