Journal article · 2020
Towards a cashless economy: Economic and socio-political implications
European Journal of Political Economy 61, 101820
Summary
A general-equilibrium model of an economy with official and informal sectors, showing how eliminating cash can misallocate resources and reduce the gains from trade, alongside other unintended consequences of abolishing cash.
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Research theme
Money, credit & monetary policy The non-observed economy
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