We assess the usefulness of a large set of electronic payments data comprising debit and credit card transactions, as … payments variables suggests that there may be modest reductions in forecast loss, tending to appear in nowcasts produced at the … beginning of a quarter. Among the payments variables considered, debit card transactions appear to produce the greatest …

This paper investigates the effect of electronic payments technology on firms' tax compliance in a large developing … use of electronic forms of payments. Using administrative data on firms' tax returns and variation in the strength of the … demonetization shock across local areas, we find that greater use of electronic payments leads to firms reporting more sales to the …

Consumer payments in the United States gradually have been shifting away from paper checks for the past several years …. Cash use has declined as well, although at a much slower pace. As the number of check payments has decreased, those … payments have been replaced with electronic and card payments. However, the transition from paper to electronic and card …

matching model of consumers with diverse preferences over the use of different payment methods for p2p payments. The random … matching model is calibrated to the share of p2p payments made with cash, paper check, and electronic technologies observed …