Do lenders make optimal decisions in a peer-to-peer network?

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, WI 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 124-127

  Krumme, Katherine ^a   Herrero Lopez, Sergio ^b  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marketplace; Peer to peer lending; Social network

Indexed keywords

MARKETPLACE; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; PEER TO PEER; RISK TAKING; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

OPTIMIZATION; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 80052660695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WI-IAT.2009.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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