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This survey, which was conducted in September 1998, shows that the degree of acceptance of the Euro has grown to 78% among the public and 94% among businesses. Merely a quarter of the public is aware, however, of the starting year of the EMU, compared to 70% among large enterprises and 40 %...
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We investigate how non-specialists form inflation expectations by running an experiment using a basic Overlapping Generations (OLG) model. The participants of the experiment are students of the University of Amsterdam, who predict inflation during 50 successive periods and are rewarded based on...
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Besides the theoretical (Alchian/Klein, 1973) case for including asset prices in measures of inflation, there is also a practical case, that some asset prices, notably housing, are closely associated with the main trends in inflation, and via 'bubbles and busts' with output disturbances....
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need for monitoring spending and budgets. We demonstrate that both cash and the debit card are perceived as helpful in this … card more useful for monitoring their household finances than cash. Individuals differ in major respects, however. In … particular, low earners and the liquidity-constrained prefer cash as a monitoring and budgeting tool. Finally, we present …
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This paper investigates the impact of consumers' safety perception on debit card and cash usage. A conceptual framework … demonstrate that consumers' payment preferences for cash and debit cards are strongly affected by how consumers assess the … likelihood and seriousness of safety incidents related to cash, debit cards and ATM withdrawals. Risk aversion, personal …
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We employ a unique dataset of transaction records to analyse whether results of consumer surveys are influenced by the survey setup. We have asked more than 5,000 consumers to report their payments using seven different data collection methods. The results of the seven pilot studies were...
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simulations show that these two factors are significant determinants of the high shares of low-value cash payments in Canada …Despite various payment innovations, today, cash is still heavily used to pay for low-value purchases. This paper … develops a simulation model to test whether standard implications of the theory on cash management and payment choices can …
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. We show that they therefore hold more precautionary cash and have lower leverage targets. Though ICT firms issued more … market timing view. ICT firms did not build up excessive cash reserves that lead to overinvestment. All in all, the financial …
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In this paper, the monetary transmission mechanism within the European Monetary Union is investigated. The impulse response functions and forecast error variance decompositions of a structural vector error correction model (SVECM) are compared with those of a New Keynesian theoretical model. The...
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In this paper, a structural vector error correction model (S-VECM) is estimated to investigate three essential prerequisites for a successful monetary targeting strategy: stability, controllability and predictability. First, multivariate cointegration techniques are used to identify two...
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