Research Article

The Herd Behavior on Peer-To-Peer Online Lending Markets: Evidence from China

Table 9

Expanding the bids occurred at night.

VariablesModel 1Model 2
Model 1aModel 1bModel 2aModel 2b

Lnbids−9.554−9.605−16.008−16.080
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

ln2 bids1.0071.010
−0.002−0.002

PER−47.040−46.823−46.156−45.936
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

BA−0.001−0.001−0.001−0.001
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

RATE−58.092−58.088−58.274−58.271
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

Lnam29.64630.31929.37430.048
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

GEN−1.408−1.475−1.316−1.383
(−0.385)(−0.363)(−0.417)(−0.394)

AGE0.5410.5080.5420.508
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

HOU−25.011−25.479−24.754−25.223
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

CRE−7.009−7.190−6.826−7.006
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

EDU−3.597−3.607
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

Constant543.391545.576555.828558.060
(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)(≤0.001)

N494854494854494854494854
Adjusted R-squared0.0140.0140.0140.014

Note: , , and denote statistical significance levels at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively.