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Does IT help? : information technology in banking and entrepreneurship

Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2021

This paper analyzes the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. To guide our … entrepreneurship by making it easier for startups to borrow against collateral. We provide empirical evidence that job creation by … lending channel for IT banks, entrepreneurship increases more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. In line with the …

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Quantum computing and the financial system : spooky action at a distance?

Deodoro, Jose; Gorbanyov, Michael; Malaika, Majid; … - 2021

The era of quantum computing is about to begin, with profound implications for the global economy and the financial system. Rapid development of quantum computing brings both benefits and risks. Quantum computers can revolutionize industries and fields that require significant computing power,...

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South Africa : the financial sector-sovereign nexus

Hesse, Heiko; Miyajima, Ken - 2022

Globally, financial institutions have increased their holdings of domestic sovereign debt, tightening the linkage between the health of the financial system and the level of sovereign debt, or the "financial sector-sovereign nexus," during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In South Africa, the...

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Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean : stocktaking

Berkmen, P.; Beaton, Kimberly; Gershenson, Dmitriy; … - 2019

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, competition, innovation, and inclusion in the region but also creates new and only partially...

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Technological and economic decoupling in the cyber era

Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Goyal, Rishi - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward digital services. Meanwhile, the race for technological and economic leadership has heated up, with risks of decoupling that could set back trade and growth and hinder the recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression....

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Financial Development, the Structure of Capital Markets, and the Global Digital Divide

Yartey, Charles Amo - 2006

This paper examines the role of financial development and financial structure in explaining cross-country diffusion of information communication technology (ICT). Using panel data for 76 emerging and advanced countries for the period 1990-2003, the paper finds that credit and stock market...

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It's Not What You Make, it's How You Use it : Measuring the Welfare Benefits of the it Revolution Across Countries

Bayoumi, Tamim - 2002

This paper analyzes the welfare benefits from falling relative prices of IT (information technology) goods across a wide range of countries. We find, using two separate methodologies and datasets, that welfare benefits mainly accrue to users of IT, not their producers, because of falling...

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Too cold, too hot, or just right? : assessing financial sector development across the globe

Barajas, Adolfo; Beck, Thorsten; Dabla-Norris, Era; … - 2013

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Revisiting the link between finance and macroeconomic volatility

Dabla-Norris, Era; Srivisal, Narapong - 2013

This paper examines the impact of financial depth on macroeconomic volatility using a dynamic panel analysis for 110 advanced and developing countries. We find that financial depth plays a significant role in dampening the volatility of output, consumption, and investment growth, but only up to...

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Central bank risk management, fintech, and cybersecurity

Khan, Ashraf; Malaika, Majid - 2021

Based on technical assistance to central banks by the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department and Information Technology Department, this paper examines fintech and the related area of cybersecurity from the perspective of central bank risk management. The paper draws on findings from the...

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