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Cash versus card: payment discontinuities and the burden of holding coins
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| Authors and Corporations: | , , |
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| Other Authors: | Huynh, Kim P. [Author] • Shy, Oz 1955- [Author] |
| Type of Resource: | E-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bank of Canada: Staff working paper ; 2017, 47
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| Source: | Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen |
| Notes: | Zusammenfassung in französischer Sprache |
| Summary: | Cash is the preferred method of payment for small value transactions generally less than $25. We provide insight to this finding with a new theoretical model that characterizes and compares consumers' costs of paying with cash to paying with cards for each transaction. Our novel method accounts for how much change is received in the form of banknotes and metal coins, assuming that the weight and size of coins are inconvenient to carry. We use the regression discontinuity design (RDD) approach to estimate the model using the 2013 Bank of Canada Method-of-Payments (MOP) Survey and find a significant number of cash users who switch to paying with debit or credit cards at transaction values marginally above |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 31 Seiten); Illustrationen |
| Notes: | Zusammenfassung in französischer Sprache |