THE 64th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Savannah, Georgia
7-10 October 2007

PAYMENTS RESEARCH
Tuesday 09h00 - 11h00
Organizer: Paul W. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—U.S.A.

Chair: Paul W. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—U.S.A.

Gene Amromin and Sujit Chakravorti, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago—U.S.A., Debit Card and Cash Usage: A Cross-Country Analysis

Paul W. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—U.S.A. and Geoffrey Gerdes, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—U.S.A., Productivity, Cost Efficiency, and Scale Economies in Federal Reserve Bank Cash Processing

Geoffrey Gerdes, May X. Liu, and Darrel W. Parke, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—U.S.A., Bank's Check-Related Losses, Funds Availability Practices, Check Processing Technology, and Competition

Joanna Stavins, and Scott Schuh, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston—U.S.A., To Check or Not to Check: Why Are (Some) Consumers (Finally) Writing Fewer Checks?

Discussants: Paul W. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—U.S.A., Sujit Chakravorti, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago—U.S.A., Joanna Stavins, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston—U.S.A., and Geoffrey Gerdes, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—U.S.A.