IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/joerap/v6y2023i4d10.1007_s41996-023-00119-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

When the Lender Extends a Helping Hand: Native CDFI Client Counseling and Loan Performance in Indian Country

Author

Listed:
  • Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl

    (Virginia Military Institute)

  • Peter Grajzl

    (Washington and Lee University
    CESifo)

  • A. Joseph Guse

    (Washington and Lee University)

  • Michou Kokodoko

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

  • Laurel Wheeler

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

Abstract

Native Community Development Financial Institutions (NCDFIs) fill credit supply gaps and promote financial inclusion in Native communities. To mitigate lending risks and aid clients, NCDFIs often rely on unconventional lending practices such as providing clients with free financial counseling. Drawing on uniquely detailed consumer loan-level data of one prominent NCDFI, we empirically model the hazard of a loan turning into bad debt. Our analysis shows that borrower exposure to NCDFI-provided financial counseling appreciably reduces the prospects of consumer loan failure when the borrower has had limited prior credit-market experience. Personalized coaching is more effective than the relatively less client-tailored, classroom-style training. Our results have implications for the lending practices of creditors serving Native communities and beyond. More broadly, our findings are indicative of the importance of the growing, but understudied, NCDFI industry for financial development of Indian Country.

Suggested Citation

  • Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl & Peter Grajzl & A. Joseph Guse & Michou Kokodoko & Laurel Wheeler, 2023. "When the Lender Extends a Helping Hand: Native CDFI Client Counseling and Loan Performance in Indian Country," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 258-267, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joerap:v:6:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s41996-023-00119-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s41996-023-00119-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s41996-023-00119-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s41996-023-00119-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    G21; G53; G11; J15; O16; P43;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G53 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Financial Literacy
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • P43 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Finance; Public Finance

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:joerap:v:6:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s41996-023-00119-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.