This paper has four goals: First, the use of cash as a possible driving factor of the shadow economy is investigated …. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is … about organized crime are also shown; the importance of cash is diminishing. Third, some remarks about terrorism are made …

banking and the abolition of cash I propose an equivalence result according to which a marginal substitution of outside for …

We conduct an incentivized experiment to test whether the willingness to pay is higher for debit cards compared to cash … for three consumer products. Our findings support this conjecture also after controlling for cash availability, spending …

smooth the profits. The effect on lending is either non-significant or ambiguous. This study of central bank cash …

We examine how an innovation in payment technology impacts on consumer payment choice and cash demand. We study the … reduction in the cash share of payments and no reduction of average cash demand. Treatment effects on payment choice are … strongest among consumers with an intermediate pre-treatment use of cash. Explorative analyses reveal that effects are largely …

which the foreign culture influences the local culture, differs across countries. This paper shows how the willingness of … locals and immigrants to intermarry influences the culture and the national identity of the host country. We use a search … culture or the immigrants take on the natives' culture. In the first case we will see new cultures developing and the local …