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Borrowers’ Behavior in Financial Decision-Making
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Borrowers’ Behavior in Financial Decision-Making

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Financial Markets".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 3943

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Domicián Máté

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1. Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
2. College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Interests: industrial economics; sustainable development; food and energy security
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Prof. Dr. Maria Fekete-Farkas

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Institute of Economic Sciences, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
Interests: sustainable development; natural resource management; productivity; economic and social effects of climate change; consumer behavior; Industry 4.0; social capital; relationship management; market structure; pricing; renewable energy; economic and social
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue delves into the intricate dimensions of borrowers' behavior that impact financial decision making. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Analyzing cognitive biases influencing how individuals utilize loans and behavioral patterns affecting borrowing choices.
  • Exploring the psychological determinants affecting how borrowers perceive and navigate financial risks.
  • Investigating the role of socio-economic factors in shaping borrowers' repayment behavior.
  • Assessing the influence of financial literacy on borrowers' decision making regarding loans.
  • Examining the impact of cultural and contextual variables on borrowers' attitudes towards credit.
  • Exploring the dynamics of borrowing within households and its implications on financial decision making.
  • Investigating how individual personalities influence perceptions and decisions related to credit.
  • Exploring how participation in startup incubators and accelerator programs affects borrowing behavior, considering mentorship, resources, and networking opportunities.
  • Exploring the influence of fintech innovations, such as digital lending platforms and automated underwriting, on the behavior of borrowers.
  • Exploring the complexities of borrowers' behavior in financial decision making to achieve the SDGs by fostering financial inclusion, reducing inequalities, and promoting economic and social sustainability.

Contributors are encouraged to provide insights, empirical studies, and theoretical frameworks to enhance our understanding of the multifaceted aspects of borrowers' behavior.

Dr. Domicián Máté
Prof. Dr. Maria Fekete-Farkas
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • behavioral finance
  • credit default review
  • consumer lending bias
  • loan repayment behavior
  • financial decision making
  • household investors
  • psychological factors
  • sustainable development goals

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Credit Choices in Rural Egypt: A Comparative Study of Formal and Informal Borrowing
by Sarah Mansour, Nagwa Samak and Nesma Gad
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2024, 17(11), 487; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm17110487 - 29 Oct 2024
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Access to finance is essential for fostering financial inclusion, improving household economic well-being, and stimulating economic growth. However, if not prudently managed, it can become a double-edged sword, increasing the risk of over-indebtedness, particularly among low-income households. This paper investigates the borrowing behavior [...] Read more.
Access to finance is essential for fostering financial inclusion, improving household economic well-being, and stimulating economic growth. However, if not prudently managed, it can become a double-edged sword, increasing the risk of over-indebtedness, particularly among low-income households. This paper investigates the borrowing behavior of rural households in Egypt, exploring whether it is motivated by the optimization of intertemporal consumption or reflects deeper financial vulnerabilities. The study enhances our understanding of rural households’ financial behavior in Egypt and contributes to the literature by introducing perceived general self-efficacy as a key behavioral factor. The paper employs a quantitative methodology using a probit analysis of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey to explore the factors affecting the demand for formal loans, informal borrowing, and Rotating Saving and Credit Associations (RoSCAs). The results show that informal credit plays a dominant role in meeting rural households’ financial needs. A significant positive relationship between formal and informal credit suggests they are complementary. Elderly, married, less educated, and poorer individuals are more likely to seek both forms of credit, with employment stability being a key differentiator. Self-efficacy also has a significant positive effect. No significant regional differences are observed, except in the case of informal borrowing, with rural households in Upper Egypt showing less reliance, suggesting that social image may influence financial behavior in this region. The results suggest that demand for credit is driven by economic and financial vulnerability of rural households. The paper highlights key policy implications. First, to enhance participation in formal credit market, credit policies should offer more affordable, tailored credit relevant to starting a business rather than financing consumption, part of which is conspicuous. Second, the low self-efficacy among the rural poor suggests a need for policies that combine credit access with financial literacy and debt management support to prevent over-indebtedness. Full article
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Borrowers’ Behavior
by Douglas Mwirigi, Mária Fekete-Farkas and Zoltán Lakner
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2024, 17(3), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm17030111 - 9 Mar 2024
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Understanding borrowers’ behavior is essential in making lending decisions, strengthening financial inclusion, and alleviating poverty. This research adopts a bibliometric approach to provide an overview of the borrower’s behavior relative to the selected literature. Bibliometric analysis quantifies the impact and quality of scientific [...] Read more.
Understanding borrowers’ behavior is essential in making lending decisions, strengthening financial inclusion, and alleviating poverty. This research adopts a bibliometric approach to provide an overview of the borrower’s behavior relative to the selected literature. Bibliometric analysis quantifies the impact and quality of scientific production. This study reviewed 989 articles obtained from SCOPUS and published from 1987 to 2023. Data were cleaned, formatted, and analyzed using VOS viewer (1.6.19) and the R-Bibliometrix package. The research established an increased interest in borrowers’ behavior among scholars. Nonetheless, it is overshadowed by studies in lending behavior, microfinance, banking, peer-to-peer lending, and fintech. The scholarly focus is mainly on the supply side of the credit industry with little regard to demand-side dynamics, such as borrowers’ decision-making processes, which can affect the performance of credit facilities. This study recommends that further studies on credit facility demand-side dynamics should be carried out to understand the drivers of borrowers’ decisions. Full article
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