Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228249 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2019-19
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the degree to which buyers choose to diversify their use of payment methods for in-person purchases. Some buyers use only one payment instrument. Others combine the use of mostly cash, credit, debit cards, and a few paper checks and prepaid cards. To each survey respondent, I apply three concentration measures over the use of payment instruments. Results show that the degree of consumers' payment concentration exhibits almost no correlation with consumer demographics, payment volume, or aggregate value.
Subjects: 
multiple payment methods
consumer payment choice
payment instruments
in-personpurchases
concentration measures
JEL: 
D9
E42
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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