In order to understand why there is a continuous increase in euro banknote circulation even though the use of cash for … workstream of the Eurosystem Research Network on Cash (EURECA) have conducted a study on the foreign demand for euro banknotes …

Cash is currently the only form of public money in the euro area. The Eurosystem's cash strategy ensures that cash … first survey on the usage of cash among companies, referred to as Companies' Survey on Cash in this document. The purpose of … this survey was to understand companies' strategic view on the current and future use and acceptance of cash. More …

We analyze for the first time cash holdings of private households in all euro area countries from 2002 to 2019 within a … panel cointegration framework. Besides the traditional determinants of cash demand like transactions balances and … opportunity costs, we concentrate on cashless payments media as substitutes to cash payments and the role of the shadow economy …