Research Article

Incentive and Coordination in the Two-Sided Market: Evidence from the P2P Lending Market

Table 14

The influence of coupon strategy on the participant by using the subset of the data sample.

LenderLreturnBorrower
201820192018201920182019
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)

Coupons0.3740.9850.6601.2620.3260.0170.0251.9010.1840.1081.5810.052
(3.31)(2.79)(4.99)(5.59)(6.29)(1.83)(2.36)(3.92)(1.76)(1.89)(8.88)(1.95)
Interest−7.488−17.11−10.613.451
(−2.81)(−6.01)(−7.54)(1.22)
Month2.0891.4560.466−2.340
(3.97)(6.73)(2.79)(−4.18)
Amount−0.920−0.2080.0030.892
(−5.12)(−3.03)(0.04)(4.54)
Lendert−10.2830.167−0.215−0.0530.0004
(9.92)(7.48)(−6.91)(−0.6)(1.67)
Lcoupon−0.499
(−6.11)
Borrower0.7070.9460.017
(22.45)(31.79)(0.50)
Bcoupon0.1310.1660.341
(2.54)(5.81)(4.48)
Lendert−1−3.8119.969
(−1.06)(2.00)
Borrowert−10.5930.964
(7.49)(12.34)
C7.9132.1310.679.244.43727.104.746−3.6216.64611.797.043−19.42
(10.25)(3.72)(10.02)(5.86)(7.63)(8.08)(8.29)(−0.60)(2.96)(1.45)(9.19)(−1.68)
N353352365365717717353352353352365365
0.0730.7840.0620.8890.100.3760.0500.3270.0630.3020.1760.794

Table 14 shows the regression analysis in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The number of investors, borrowers, and trading volume are the dependent variables. The independent variable is the coupon, and the control variables are similar to those in Tables 8-10. LCoupon is the cross-term of the number of lenders and coupons. statistics are given in parentheses. <0.01, <0.05, and <0.1.