IT use, productivity, and market power in banking
Michael Koetter and
Felix Noth
Journal of Financial Stability, 2013, vol. 9, issue 4, 695-704
Abstract:
Information management is a core process in banking that can resolve information asymmetries and thereby help to mitigate competitive pressure. We test if the use of information technology (IT) contributes to bank output, and how IT-augmented bank productivity relates to differences in market power. Detailed bank-level information on the use of IT reveals a substantial upward bias in bank productivity estimates when ignoring banks’ IT expenditures. IT-augmented bank productivity correlates positively with Lerner markups. A mere increase in IT expenditures, however, reduces markups. Results hold across a range of bank output definitions and productivity estimation methods.
Keywords: Information technology; Productivity; Competition; Lerner index; Banking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2012.06.001
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