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The Move Toward a Cashless Society: Calculating the Costs and Benefits

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Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz (LECG)
Robert W. Hahn () (American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies)
Anne Layne-Farrar (LECG)

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While the "cashless society" has not yet fully become a reality, payment choices by consumers and merchants have been moving the U.S. economy in that direction slowly and steadily over the past five decades. In this study, a companion paper to Garcia-Swartz (2006a) in this volume, we lay out the detailed cost and benefit calculations behind our analysis of the steady changes in transaction payment methods.

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Article provided by Concept Economics in its journal Review of Network Economics.

Volume (Year): 5 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 199-228
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Keywords: payment cards; credit; debit; cash; electronic payments;

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  1. Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz & Robert W. Hahn & Anne Layne-Farrar, 2006. "The Move Toward a Cashless Society: A Closer Look at Payment Instrument Economics," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 5(2), pages 175-198, June. [Downloadable!]
  2. Brito, Dagobert L & Hartley, Peter R, 1995. "Consumer Rationality and Credit Cards," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 103(2), pages 400-433, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Jeffrey M. Lacker, 1993. "Should we subsidize the use of currency?," Economic Quarterly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, issue Win, pages 47-73. [Downloadable!]
  5. Manfred J.M. Neumann, 1992. "Seigniorage in the United States: how much does the U.S. government make from money production?," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue Mar, pages 29-40. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Fumiko Hayashi, 2008. "The economics of payment card fee structure: what is the optimal balance between merchant fee and payment card rewards?," Research Working Paper RWP 08-06, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. [Downloadable!]
  2. Allan Shampine, 2007. "Another Look at Payment Instrument Economics," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 6(4), pages 495-508, December. [Downloadable!]
  3. Fumiko Hayashi, 2008. "The economics of payment card fee structure: policy considerations of payment card rewards," Research Working Paper RWP 08-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. [Downloadable!]
  4. Ching, Andrew & Hayashi, Fumiko, 2008. "Payment Card Rewards Programs and Consumer Payment Choice," MPRA Paper 8458, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Daniel Garcia-Swartz & Robert W. Hahn & Anne Layne-Farrar, 2007. "Further Thoughts on the Cashless Society: A Reply to Dr. Shampine," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 6(4), pages 509-524, December. [Downloadable!]
  6. Antoine Martin & Michael Orlando & David Skeie, 2008. "Payment networks in a search model of money," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 11(1), pages 104-132, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz & Robert W. Hahn & Anne Layne-Farrar, 2006. "The Move Toward a Cashless Society: A Closer Look at Payment Instrument Economics," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 5(2), pages 175-198, June. [Downloadable!]
  8. Bergman, Mats & Guibourg, Gabriela & Segendorf, Björn, 2007. "The Costs of Paying – Private and Social Costs of Cash and Card Payments," Working Paper Series 212, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden). [Downloadable!]
  9. Fumiko Hayashi, 2008. "The economics of payment card fee structure: what drives payment card rewards?," Research Working Paper RWP 08-07, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. [Downloadable!]
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