The impact of credit scoring on consumer lending.

We study the adoption of automated credit scoring at a large auto finance company and the changes it enabled in lending practices. Credit scoring appears to have increased profits by roughly a thousand dollars per loan. We identify two distinct benefits of risk classification: the ability to screen...

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Publicado en:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 249 - 275
Autores principales: Einav, Liran, Jenkins, Mark, Levin, Jonathan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Summer2013
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          Einav, Liran
          Jenkins, Mark
          Levin, Jonathan
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          Stanford University and NBER
          University of Pennsylvania
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        Loans
        Credit scoring systems
        Consumer lending
        Finance companies
        Financial services industry
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          Consumer Lending
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