Álvez, Marcelo; Lluberas, Rodrigo; Ponce, Jorge - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 9 (2020) 2, pp. 109-129
we find that the cost of using cash in Uruguay is approximately 0.61% of GDP. Interestingly, 98.1% of this cost is borne … by the private sector: banks and retailers 77.1% and households 21.0%. The cost of using checks is equivalent to 0.04% of … GDP. Overall, replacing paper-cash and checks by other (electronic) means of payment would imply a transaction cost …