Who can get money? Evidence from the Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform

Qizhi Tao, Yizhe Dong () and Ziming Lin
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Qizhi Tao: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Yizhe Dong: University of Aberdeen
Ziming Lin: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Information Systems Frontiers, 2017, vol. 19, issue 3, No 2, 425-441

Abstract: Abstract This paper explores how borrowers’ financial and personal information, loan characteristics and lending models affect peer-to-peer (P2P) loan funding outcomes. Using a large sample of listings from one of the largest Chinese online P2P lending platforms, we find that those borrowers earning a higher income or who own a car are more likely to receive a loan, pay lower interest rates, and are less likely to default. The credit grade assigned by the lending platform may not represent the creditworthiness of potential borrowers. We also find that the unique offline process in the Chinese P2P online lending platform exerts significant influence on the lending decision. We discuss the implications of our results for the design of big data-based lending markets.

Keywords: Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending; Fintech; offline authentication; Listing outcomes; Information asymmetry; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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