We study consumers' attitudes towards sharing payments data with incumbent and new providers of payment and account information services, and using their services. This is important, in order to understand the possible impact of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) on the functioning of...

The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has opened the possibility for third parties to accessconsumers' payment account in order to use their payments data. Such third-party access to data is a novum in network regulation. Its success depends on consumer preferences concerning the usage...

Central banks around the world are examining the possibility of introducing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The public’s preferences concerning the usage of CBDC for paying and saving are important determinants of the success of CBDC. Using data from a representative panel of Dutch...

We analyse whether and how individual savings and current accounts holders respond to government interventions at banks. We are the first to employ a difference-in-difference analysis, distinguish between a nationalisation and a capital injection, and separate between the two banking products....

This paper studies the influence of people's expectations about expenses during retirement and trust in pension funds on preferences for different pension arrangements. We find that although most workers prefer a flat-rate annuity, many workers want to deviate from it. The most popular option is...