hidden fees when customers are less exposed to negative cash flow shocks. These findings are in line with the recent …

riders have the option to use cash or credit cards to pay for rides. We use three field experiments involving approximately … 400,000 riders to estimate the loss of private benefits for riders if a ban on cash payments is implemented. We find that … Uber riders, using cash as means of payment either sometimes or exclusively, suffer an average loss of approximately 50% of …

It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit …

The 2020 CARES Act directed large cash payments to households. We analyze house-holds' spending responses using high …