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Why do we use so many checks?

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  • Sujit Chakravorti
  • Timothy McHugh

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The authors identify underlying disincentives for payment system participants to migrate to electronic payments. Their analysis sheds light on why check usage remains higher in the United States relative to other industrialized countries when the real resource cost of processing payments may decrease by using electronic payment networks.

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  • Sujit Chakravorti & Timothy McHugh, 2002. "Why do we use so many checks?," Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, vol. 26(Q III), pages 44-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhep:y:2002:i:qiii:p:44-59:n:v.26no.3
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    1. Brian Mantel, 2000. "Why don't consumers use electronic banking products? towards a theory of obstacles, incentives, and opportunities," Occasional Paper; Emerging Payments EPS-2000-1, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
    2. Sujit Chakravorti & Ted To, 1999. "Toward a theory of merchant credit card acceptance," Working Paper Series WP-99-16, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
    3. David Humphrey & Lawrence Pulley & Jukka Vesala, 2000. "The Check's in the Mail: Why the United States Lags in the Adoption of Cost-Saving Electronic Payments," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 17(1), pages 17-39, February.
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    6. Gene Amromin & Sujit Chakravorti, 2007. "Debit card and cash usage: a cross-country analysis," Working Paper Series WP-07-04, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
    7. Jyrkönen, Hanna & Paunonen, Heli, 2003. "Card, Internet and mobile payments in Finland," Research Discussion Papers 8/2003, Bank of Finland.
    8. Hanna Jyrkonen & Heli Paunonen, 2004. "Card, Internet and mobile payments in Finland," Development and Comp Systems 0405004, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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