User Interface and Firsthand Experience in Retail Investing

Li Liao, Zhengwei Wang, Jia Xiang, Hongjun Yan, Jun Yang and LaurenCohen

The Review of Financial Studies, 2021, vol. 34, issue 9, 4486-4523

Abstract: Using data from a major online peer-to-peer lending platform, we document that, due to time pressure, investors appear to focus on interest rates and only partially account for credit ratings in their decisions. The effect is stronger for mobile-based investors than for PC-based ones. Our evidence suggests that this variation is caused by the difference in information content on the interfaces rather than differences in the devices’ physical attributes per se. Investors improve their decisions by slowing down and paying more attention to credit ratings after experiencing a loan default firsthand, but not after observing others experiencing defaults.

JEL-codes: G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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