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title: Responses to COVID-19: The Role of Digital Equity and Government Loan Schemes
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4819581/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4819581
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4819581
featured: 2024-05-08
citations: 1
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# Responses to COVID-19: The Role of Digital Equity and Government Loan Schemes

The article highlights the significant growth of equity crowdfunding campaigns for small firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating a shift towards equity as the primary funding choice.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4819581
- Identifier: SSRN 4819581
- Released: 2024-05-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 48 (2024-05-08): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-05-08/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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