is often maintained that a high quality of the banknotes in circulation helps the public detect counterfeits. However … Netherlands and Germany. Participants received a set of 200 banknotes with either a high or a low average soil level, based on the …

estimating the volumes of national-issued banknotes in circulation for the three years ahead. As at the end of 2021, more than 80 … per cent of euro banknotes in circulation (cumulated net issuance) had been issued by the national central banks of France …, Germany, Italy and Spain (‘4 NCBs’). To date, the 4 NCBs have been using ARIMAX models to forecast the banknotes issued …

We measure consumers’ use of cash by harmonizing payment diary surveys from seven countries: Australia, Austria, Canada …-country differences, for example, the level of cash usage differs across countries. Cash has not disappeared as a payment instrument …, especially for low-value transactions. We also find that the use of cash is strongly correlated with transaction size …

This paper empirically investigates whether individuals withhold a certain amount of cash for precautionary reasons at … the point-of-sale (POS) in order to be able to cover future transactions that might have to be paid for in cash. Such … being settled in cash declines significantly as the amount of cash available at one’s disposal decreases. This indicates …