Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/60577 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 260
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We examine the diffusion of real-time gross settlement (RTGS) technology across all 174 central banks. RTGS reduces settlement risk and facilitates financial innovation in the settlement of foreign exchange trades. In 1985, only three central banks had implemented RTGS systems, and by year-end 2005, that number had increased to ninety. We find that the RTGS diffusion process is consistent with the standard S-curve prediction. Real GDP per capita, the relative price of capital, and trade patterns explain a significant part of the cross-country variation in RTGS adoption. These determinants are remarkably similar to those that seem to drive the cross-country adoption patterns of other technologies.
Subjects: 
central bank, technology, diffusion, S-curve, payment systems, RTGS
JEL: 
C72
E58
O19
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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