Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298829 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital [ISSN:] 2199-1235 [Volume:] 56 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 5-26
Publisher: 
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Abstract: 
I derive two innovative metrics, capturing the demand and the excess demand for prosocial P2P loans in the US. The measures are based on a data set comprising prosocial P2P loan applications obtained from the US P2P lending platform Kiva for the period of November 2011 to December 2022. Furthermore, I analyze how both indices are influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, the measures for the current pandemic development show a negative impact on demand while the COVID-19 reproduction rate shows a positive relation, indicating a pro-active behavior of borrowers. On the other side, socially motivated lenders seem to be less generous in providing interest-free loans in times of a worsening pandemic. As it turns out, the risk-free interest level positively impacts demand and excess demand for prosocial lending on Kiva even though the loans were granted without any interest.
Subjects: 
KIVA
prosocial P2P lending
demand
lending behavior
COVID-19
JEL: 
G20
G21
G41
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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