Research Article

Herd Behavior and Its Effects on Default in Chinese Microcredit

Table 1

Meanings, codes, and definition of the variables.

ā€‰Names of variable (code)Definition

Dependent variableWhether to get subsequent loanIf there is subsequent loan, the value is 1, otherwise, 0
Independent variableThe current times of application The times of application for microcredit

Control variablesLoan amount The amount of current application
Loan interest The interest rate of the microcredit
Life of loan The life of the microcredit to be granted
Nature of microcredit institutions If the microcredit institutions are government led, the value is 1, otherwise, 0
Original times of default The total numbers of failing to repay on time
Gender The borrowers are male, the value is 1, female, 0
Age The ages of borrowers
Education level Bachelor degree or above, the value is 1, below, 0
First lending or not If it is first loan, the value is 1, otherwise, 0
The successful loan times The successful loan times by now
Normal repayment times Normal repayment times by now
Accumulated loan amount The accumulated amount of loan by now
The prepared amount The prepared amount of repayment
Total number of borrowing Total number of borrowing by now
Proportion of bad debt Proportion of bad debt of total loan