Information Technology and Credit: Evidence from Public Guarantees

Information Technology and Credit: Evidence from Public Guarantees

Information Technology and Credit: Evidence from Public Guarantees

This paper investigates whether banks' information technology (IT) can substitute for local branch presence in the provision of small business credit. Our identification strategy relies on loan-level data and the unique institutional features of the Italian public guarantee scheme during Covid-19.

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