Autori
Milani, Carlo
Di Giulio, Daniele

Titolo
Plastic Money Diffusion and Usage: An Empirical Analysis on Italian Households
Periodico
Economic notes
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 42 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 47 - Pagina finale: 74

This paper tries to contribute to the empirical literature on the European consumers’ plastic money payment habits, using the Bank of Italy data over the 1993–2008 period. In line with other evidence on this topic, mainly focused on the US economy, we find that age, education, non‐durable consumptions, regional variation and income are strong predictors of plastic money possession and use in Italy. We also find that households with a higher indebtedness level have a higher propensity to hold credit cards. Furthermore, we find that technological improvements, observed in the last 15 years, do not significantly affect the marginal probabilities to hold and use plastic money conditioned to the main socio‐demographic factors



SICI: 0391-5026(2013)42:1<47:PMDAUA>2.0.ZU;2-S

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