It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash stems from public assistance or welfare payments. In the...

It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash stems from public assistance or welfare payments. In the...

Eingeführter Ratgeber zu Motiven und Folgen einer möglichen Bargeldabschaffung in Europa (zuletzt ID-B 37/15). Mit Handlungsempfehlungen und Geldanlagealternativen in Zeiten finanzieller Repression und einer Übersicht der Massnahmen und Beschlüsse, die seit Erscheinen der Erstauflage (Titel...

We analyze the net issues of the national euro area central banks in relation to the dynamics of the shadow economy within a panel cointegration framework. Besides the total net issues, we distinguish between large, medium and small euro banknotes and take due account of other determinants of...