Financing losses from natural and man-made disasters by use of crowdfunding
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عنوان ژورنال: Investment Management and Financial Innovations
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1810-4967,1812-9358
DOI: 10.21511/imfi.14(2-1).2017.07