02289cas a2200337 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022367 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513591803 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ahnert, Toni. Does IT Help? : Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship / Toni Ahnert, Sebastian Doerr, Nicola Pierri, Yannick Timmer. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (57 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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 against collateral. We provide empirical evidence that job creation by young firms is stronger in US counties that are more exposed to ITintensive banks. Consistent with a strengthened collateral lending channel for IT banks, entrepreneurship increases more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. In line with the model's implications, IT in banking increases startup activity without diminishing startup quality and it also weakens the importance of geographical distance between borrowers and lenders. These results suggest that banks' IT adoption can increase dynamism and productivity. Mode of access: Internet Banks imf Depository Institutions imf Information and Market Efficiency imf Micro Finance Institutions imf Mortgages imf Doerr, Sebastian. Pierri, Nicola. Timmer, Yannick. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/214 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/214/001.2021.issue-214-en.xml IMF e-Library