Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200540 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2019-2
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 
Cash users withdraw money from automated teller machines (ATMs) to finance cash payments. However, most ATMs in the United States dispense only multiples of $20 bills. The paper first constructs a consumer's optimization model showing how the precise denomination of dollar bills available from ATMs affects consumers' decision whether to pay with cash or with (plastic) cards. Then, the paper uses various statistical techniques to conduct empirical analyses of consumers who choose to pay cash for transactions below a certain threshold payment amount and pay with cards for transactions exceeding that threshold.
Subjects: 
currency denomination
automated teller machines
ATM
consumer payment choice
payment methods
point of sale
JEL: 
D9
E42
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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