An Evolutionary Behavior Forecasting Model for Online Lenders and Borrowers in Peer-to-Peer Lending

Wei Liu and Li-Qiu Xia ()
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Wei Liu: School of Management Science & Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, P. R. China
Li-Qiu Xia: School of Management Science & Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, P. R. China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), 2017, vol. 34, issue 01, 1-14

Abstract: Online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is an emerging financial mode that combines the Internet with private lending to provide unsecured lending among individuals. The interest rate and risk depend on online lenders and borrowers’ behavior choices and game in the context of P2P lending. In this paper, we propose an evolutionary behavior forecasting model for online participants based on the risk preference behavior of lenders and the credit choice of borrowers. We highlight four evolutionary equilibrium states of online lenders and borrowers’ behavior and their effects on the risk of online P2P lending platforms. We run a numeric experiment using the Paipaidai platform in China as a case and find that the evolutionary behavior of online lenders and borrowers is determined by the mutual effect of the interest rate, information gathering cost, borrowing cost, and yield rate. This paper uses evolutionary game methodology to analyze online P2P lending behavior in China and explores P2P fund success from the dual perspective of lenders and borrowers.

Keywords: Online peer-to-peer lending; information asymmetry; risk preference; evolutionary game; forecasting model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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