Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2023
We provide novel evidence on the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. We … consistent with banks' IT adoption facilitating entrepreneurship by improving banks' use of hard information, in particular … collateral. At the county level, entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Bank …