decouple via 'preferential attachment' - id est by aligning themselves with the hub they trade most with. All global technology …

We study the economic effects of information technology (IT) adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data on IT … adoption covering almost three million establishments in the US, we find that technology adoption can partly shield the economy …

Motivated by the world-wide surge of FinTech lending, we analyze the implications of lenders' information technology … adoption for financial stability. We estimate bank-level intensity of IT adoption before the global financial crisis using a … novel dataset that provides information on hardware used in US commercial bank branches after mapping them to their parent …

employment protection, unemployment benefits and unemployment benefits have been the main contributors. Technology and …

of the traditional bank business model. Specialized providers of financial services can chip away activities that do not …