Prior works offer compelling evidence that on the demand side of the market, user-generated online product reviews play a very important role in informing consumers' purchase decisions. On the supply side, however, the interplay between online product reviews and firm strategies is less...

Background: We examine the signaling effect of borrowers’ social media behavior, especially self-disclosure behavior, on the default probability of money borrowers on a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending site. Method: We use a unique dataset that combines loan data from a large P2P lending site with...