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Does crime influence the merchants' preference for cash? Evidence from France

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This paper is an attempt to determine whether crime as an environmental factor has a significant impact on merchant preference for cash. I exploit a unique database from a representative sample of merchants and show that crime has a twofold impact on the merchant subjective preference for cash. I build an indicator composed of theft variables concerning primarily both consumers and merchants. I find that a merchant whose store is located in a department in which my indicator is high has Ceteris Paribus a lower than average preference for cash. I also find that a higher level of financial fraud increases it. The first effect is interpreted to be the result of a precaution motive (cash payment and storage involve risk of loss and theft), while the second results from adverse selection (cash payments make tax evasion easier).

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  • Bruno Karoubi, 2012. "Does crime influence the merchants' preference for cash? Evidence from France," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(4), pages 3449-3459.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-12-00644
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    3. Jacek Pietrucha & Grzegorz Maciejewski, 2020. "Precautionary Demand for Cash and Perceived Risk of Electronic Payments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-25, September.

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