Financialization is one of the most innovative concepts to emerge in the field of political
economy during the last three decades, although there is no agreement on what exactly it is …

Este libro fue concebido en un primer momento en ese contexto y su objetivo era analizar el
ascenso y consolidación de las finanzas y la simultánea financiarización del capitalismo. La …

This paper provides a critical survey of the large and diffuse literature on credit cards, debit
cards and ATMs. We argue that because there are still many outstanding issues and …

Credit default swaps (CDS) which constitute up to 98 of credit derivatives have had a
unique, endemic and pernicious role to play in the current financial crisis. However, there …

This paper analyzes how EFT-POS payments and ATM withdrawals affect cash demand. In
particular, survey data about Austrian individuals are employed to estimate a purse cash …

Germans are still very fond of using cash. Of all direct payments transactions in 2008, cash
accounted for an astounding 82% in terms of number and for 58% in terms of value. With a …

Despite the growing importance of the debit card in most developed countries, there are
relatively few academic studies that analyze the impact of such evolution on the demand for …

One similarity among many developed economies is the predominance of cash over
electronic payments in terms of payment frequency, especially for the low‐value transactions …

Everywhere in Europe the payments' patterns are changing: card-based payments are
becoming more and more diffused for everyday purchases, at the detriment of notes and …

Using the results of a survey on accepted means of payment, the authors examine merchant
preferences and perceptions of retail payment reliability, risk, and costs; the share of each …