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January 12, 2017

Calebe de Roure on the rise of peer-to-peer lending

An interview at the 2017 AEA poster session

Calebe de Roure is a PhD student at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and a research assistant at Deutsche Bundesbank. He sat down with the AEA to talk about the origin and growth of peer lending networks in the U.S. and Europe, and the impact they are having on consumer lending markets.

How Does P2P Lending Fit Into the Consumer Credit Market?

We develop a theoretical model to examine the interaction between bank lending and lending via peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms. The model predicts that: (i) banks prefer relationship lending loans over transaction loans and improve performance by avoiding transaction costs . . .

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The AEA interviewed select poster presenters at the 2017 conference in Chicago to discuss their research and the broader implications of their work. View the full list of videos.