Evaluating credit risk and loan performance in online Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending

Applied Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-70

  Emekter, Riza ^a   Tu, Yanbin ^a   Jirasakuldech, Benjamas ^b   Lu, Min ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

credit grade; default risk; FICO score; Peer to Peer lending

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INTEREST RATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84912043434     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.962222     Document Type: Article

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