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Jane Hollingsworth

Senior Lecturer

Jane is a Chartered Accountant, who currently practices in industry and also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students financial reporting.

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About

Jane is a Chartered Accountant, who currently practices in industry and also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students financial reporting.

Jane is a Chartered Accountant, who currently practices in industry and also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students financial reporting. She is a Financial Director for two companies in industry and teaches advanced financial reporting techniques to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Research interests

Active practitioner in industry.

Publications (1)

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Journal article
How does P2P lending platform reputation affect lenders’ decision in China?
Featured 07 October 2019 International Journal of Bank Marketing37(7):1566-1589 Emerald

Purpose – This paper examines how the impact of Chinese P2P platform reputation directly and indirectly (mediate effect) affects investors’ (lenders) investment choices. Design/methodology/approach – Using data collected from 478 P2P platforms, this paper calculates Platform Reputation via a beta function after establishing the Reputation mechanism by Game Analysis. This is followed by testing both the direct effect of platform reputation on investors’ investment choices (proxying by transaction volume) and the indirect effect through credit enhancing information using three regression models (Median regression, OLS regression, and random effect OLS regression). A robustness test by adding instrument variables is conducted to confirm the findings from the main regressions. Findings – In China, P2P lending platform reputations have played both a direct and indirect (through credit enhancing information) roles on investors’ investment choices. Originality/value – This paper expands the boundary of P2P online lending research by not only examining the direct, but importantly, the indirect effects of platform reputations.

Current teaching

  • BA Accounting and Finance - financial reporting and audit modules
  • Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants - Final paper; P2 Corporate Reporting
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Jane Hollingsworth
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