Herding behavior in online P2P lending: An empirical investigation

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 495-503

  Lee, Eunkyoung ^a   Lee, Byungtae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Business School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Empirical research; Herding; Market share modeling; Microfinance; P2P lending; Reverse auctions; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HERDING; MARKET SHARE; MICROFINANCE; P2P LENDING; REVERSE AUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

FINANCE;

EID: 84867560183     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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