Kalckreuth, Ulf von; Schmidt, Tobias; Stix, Helmut - 2009
Germans are still very fond of using cash. Of all direct payment transactions, cash accounts for an astounding 82% in … cash remains so important. We propose a two-stage empirical framework which jointly explains credit card ownership and the … use of cash. Our results indicate that the pattern of cash usage is compatible with systematic economic decision making …