00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.862217 CaOODSP 20221107160946 cr ||||||||||| 180920s2018 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-5/2018-46E-PDF Vallée, Geneviève. How long does it take you to pay? [electronic resource] : a duration study of Canadian retail transaction payment times / by Geneviève Vallée. Duration study of Canadian retail transaction payment times [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2018. iii, 28 p. : col. charts. Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2018-46 "September 2018." Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-18). "Using an exclusive data set of payment times for retail transactions made in Canada, I show that cash is the most time-efficient method of payment (MOP) when compared with payments by debit and credit cards. The efficiency of cash helps explain its continued use in Canada, which is motivated by its low cost in terms of payment time for consumers and merchants"--Abstract, p. ii. Includes abstract in French. Retail trade Payment Bank of Canada. Staff working paper (Bank of Canada) 1701-9397 ; 2018-46. (CaOODSP)9.806221 PDF 3.00 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/banque-bank-canada/FB3-5-2018-46-eng.pdf