Group social capital and lending outcomes in the financial credit market: An empirical study of online peer-to-peer lending

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-13

  Chen, Xiangru ^a   Zhou, Lina ^b   Wan, Difang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding performance; Group social capital; Institutional environment; Peer to peer (P2P) lending; Repayment performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MACHINE DESIGN;

FUNDING PERFORMANCE; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PEER TO PEER; REPAYMENT PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

FINANCE;

EID: 84958547251     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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