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Ai et al., 2016: Encouraging to join lending teams, especially when emphasizing local social norms, increased loans' solicitation and contributions among micro and small businesses over a week

Reference:

Ai, W., Chen, R., Chen, Y., Mei, Q., & Phillips, W. (2016). Recommending teams promotes prosocial lending in online microfinance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(52), 14944-14948.
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Summary:

64,800 people on Kiva, an online platform to solicit zero-interest loans to help micro and small businesses in developing countries were randomized to different emails encouraging them to join lending teams. Although all the emails were effective relative to a no-contact control condition, the most effective email emphasized local social norms (“Other lenders who live near you enjoy being a part of these teams”). In turn, joining a team was associated with significantly higher contributions over the next week.

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Greg Walton & Timothy Wilson