Leo van Hove, Free University of Brussels

[Dave Birch] Leo van Hove is Associate Professor of Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) where he teaches Monetary Economics, European Monetary Policy and Electronic Commerce. His research interests include electronic money, the theory of network externalities (and its application to payment cards) and the so-called "currency enigma" and related subjects (such as the hoarding of currency and the use of currency in the underground economy). He is a noted expert in the field of payments and money in the European Union and a long-time friend of the Digital Money Forum. In this podcast, he talks about the use of cash in Europe, and puts forward some ideas about its continuing popularity and options for reducing it. Note that Leo also runs the E-Purse Database, an invaluable source of information on e-payment cash replacement technology.

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cash and cashlessness, costs, notes and coins, podcast

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