Italian Abstract:Questo lavoro valuta l’impatto della pandemia di Covid-19 sull’utilizzo degli strumenti di pagamento al dettaglio in Italia. Dopo un breve quadro d’assieme sulle tendenze prevalenti prima della diffusione dell’epidemia, viene analizzata la dinamica dei principali...

We explore the relationship between cash and other payment instruments using the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment exogenously affecting both the payment industry and consumers’ habits. We rely on Google search data, as well as on the official series of new cases of...