Does IT Help? : Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship /

This paper analyzes the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. To guide our empirical analysis, we build a parsimonious model of bank screening and lending that predicts that IT in banking can spur entrepreneurship by making it easier for startups to borrow agains...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahnert, Toni
Other Authors: Doerr, Sebastian, Pierri, Nicola, Timmer, Yannick
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/214
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