3 papers
cs.CY2021
How COVID-19 Has Changed Crowdfunding: Evidence From GoFundMe
Junda Wang, Xupin Zhang, Jiebo Luo
While the long-term effects of COVID-19 are yet to be determined, its immediate impact on crowdfunding is nonetheless significant. This study takes a computational approach to more…
cs.SI2020
Understanding the Hoarding Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic using Large Scale Social Media Data
Xupin Zhang, Hanjia Lyu, Jiebo Luo
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people's lives around the world on an unprecedented scale. We intend to investigate hoarding behaviors in response to the pandemic using large-sc…
cs.SI2020
What Contributes to a Crowdfunding Campaign's Success? Evidence and Analyses from GoFundMe Data
Xupin Zhang, Hanjia Lyu, Jiebo Luo
Researchers have attempted to measure the success of crowdfunding campaigns using a variety of determinants, such as the descriptions of the crowdfunding campaigns, the amount of f…