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. Cash has not disappeared as a payment instrument, especially for low-value transactions. We also find that the use of cash …We measure consumers' use of cash by harmonizing payment diary surveys from seven countries. The seven diary surveys … United States). Our paper finds cross-country differences – for example, the level of cash usage differs across countries …
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All banknotes have security features which are intended to help to determine whether a banknote is false or genuine … online study (N=422), a demographically diverse panel of Dutch participants distinguished genuine banknotes from banknotes … with one (left- or right-sided) counterfeited security feature. Either normal banknotes (without novel design elements) or …
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is often maintained that a high quality of the banknotes in circulation helps the public detect counterfeits. However …
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The interest rate in the second series of ECB targeted longer-term refinancing operations is conditional on a participant-specific lending benchmark. The restrictiveness of this benchmark varies between banks. We employ estimations on a unique micro dataset and investigate the relationship...
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Credit restrictions were used as a monetary policy instrument in the Netherlands from the 1960s to the early 1990s. We study the effects of credit restrictions being active on the balance sheet structure of banks and other financial institutions. We find that banks mainly responded to credit...
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The payment cards market is a two-sided market. Cost sensitivity of both consumers and merchants for card services influences total demand. Survey data of Dutch merchants shows that costs, and competition affect acceptance as well as surcharging decisions. Merchants who find payment cards...
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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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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 …, Germany and the Netherlands, we test the assumption that cash is still the most efficient payment instrument, and the idea …
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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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