Social Capital, Trusting, and Trustworthiness: Evidence from Peer-to-peer Lending

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming

61 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2021

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Iftekhar Hasan

Fordham University ; Bank of Finland; University of Sydney

Qing He

Renmin University of China

Haitian Lu

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Date Written: November 19, 2020

Abstract

How does social capital affect trust? Evidence from a Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform shows regional social capital affects the trustee’s trustworthiness and the trustor’s trust propensity. Ceteris paribus, borrowers from higher social capital regions receive larger bid from individual lenders, have higher funding success, larger loan size, and lower default rates, especially for low-quality borrowers. Lenders from higher social capital regions take higher risks and have higher default rates, especially for inexperienced lenders. Cross-regional transactions are most (least) likely to be realized between parties from high (low) social capital regions.

Keywords: Social Capital, Trustworthiness, Generalized Trust, Debt Crowdfunding

JEL Classification: Z10, G10, O16

Suggested Citation

Hasan, Iftekhar and He, Qing and Lu, Haitian, Social Capital, Trusting, and Trustworthiness: Evidence from Peer-to-peer Lending (November 19, 2020). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3733498

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Haitian Lu

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