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Gender effect on the default risk in peer-to-peer lending markets: The case of the largest Chinese platform

Research of gender effect on funding success in peer-to-peer lending markets demonstrates that gender discrimination is a platform-specific phenomenon rather than a common feature. Can we get a similar conclusion about the relationship between gender and credit risk? How do gender differences affect...

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Published in:Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions 2019, Vol.9 (3), p.8-22
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