Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship

Toni Ahnert, Sebastian Doerr, Nicola Pierri and Yannick Timmer

No 17335, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. Guided by a parsimonious model, we establish that job creation by young firms is stronger in US counties more exposed to banks with greater IT adoption. We present evidence consistent with banks' IT adoption spurring entrepreneurship through a collateral channel: entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Further analysis suggests that IT improves banks' ability to determine collateral values, in particular when collateral appraisal is more complex. IT also reduces the time and cost of disbursing collateralized loans.

Keywords: Technology in banking; entrepreneurship; Information technology; Collateral; Screening (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 G21 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05
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