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Table 5 COVID-19 risk and the likelihood of loan default

From: COVID-19 pandemic risk and probability of loan default: evidence from marketplace lending market

Variables

DV = DEFAULT

DV = DEFAULT

DV = DEFAULT

(1)

(2)

(3)

PANDEMIC_DUMMY

0.533***

(0.006)

  

DAILY_CASES

 

0.004***

(0.000)

 

DAILY_DEATHS

  

0.037***

(0.001)

MARKET_VOL

0.002

(0.002)

0.001

(0.003)

0.002

(0.003)

ESI

0.031***

(0.000)

0.029***

(0.000)

0.030***

(0.000)

AAR

− 0.088***

(0.001)

− 0.086***

(0.001)

− 0.094***

(0.001)

UNEMPL

− 0.046***

(0.001)

− 0.026***

(0.001)

− 0.027***

(0.001)

COLLATERAL

− 1.342***

(0.359)

− 1.132***

(0.439)

− 1.125**

(0.439)

EXT_SCHED

0.636***

(0.006)

0.726***

(0.008)

0.729***

(0.008)

INTEREST

− 0.897***

(0.012)

0.264***

(0.015)

0.352***

(0.015)

LOANTERM

− 0.093***

(0.003)

− 0.087***

(0.004)

− 0.083***

(0.004)

AMOUNT

0.192***

(0.002)

0.225***

(0.003)

0.226***

(0.003)

LOAN TYPE

Business loan

0.670**

(0.277)

1.342***

(0.373)

1.345***

(0.374)

Car loan

1.399***

(0.369)

1.547***

(0.470)

1.540***

(0.471)

Pawnbroking loan

1.694***

(0.367)

2.256***

(0.469)

2.267***

(0.470)

Personal loan

1.239***

(0.111)

1.551***

(0.175)

1.537***

(0.176)

Short-term loan

0.953***

(0.110)

1.102***

(0.175)

1.093***

(0.176)

Intercept

− 2.468***

(0.386)

− 5.883***

(0.479)

− 6.070***

(0.480)

Loan originator individual effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

LR chi2

68,062.632

59,563.239

58,885.153

Prob > chi2

0.000

0.000

0.000

Pseudo-R-squared

0.131

0.175

0.173

N

814,872

503,167

503,167

  1. Table presents the results of logit regression analysis for the likelihood of loan default (DEFAULT). Number of loans analysed: 814,872. Current or repaid: 735,387 (90.25%). Default, late or buyback: 79,485 (9.75%). Refer to Table 11 in “Appendix 1” for the description of variables. All model specifications employ robust standard errors in parentheses (*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01)