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Rösl, G., Seitz, F. Central Bank Digital Currency and Cash in the Euro Area: Current Developments and one Specific Proposal. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 55(4), 523-551. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.55.4.523
Rösl, Gerhard and Seitz, Franz "Central Bank Digital Currency and Cash in the Euro Area: Current Developments and one Specific Proposal" Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 55.4, 2022, 523-551. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.55.4.523
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Central Bank Digital Currency and Cash in the Euro Area: Current Developments and one Specific Proposal

Rösl, Gerhard | Seitz, Franz

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 55 (2022), Iss. 4 : pp. 523–551

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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rösl, Technical University of Applied Sciences (OTH) Regensburg, Seybothstrasse 2, D-93053 Regensburg.

Prof. Dr. Franz Seitz, Technical University of Applied Sciences (OTH) Weiden, Hetzenrichter Weg 15, D-92637 Weiden.

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Abstract

The present paper provides an overview on current developments of cash usage and issue of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the euro area and proposes a possible design of a digital euro that allows for instant offline payments. Cash usage at the point-of-sale decreased perceptibly in the past years mainly due to the ongoing trend towards digitalization. However, we show that there are also indications that consumers were somewhat pushed into cashless payments by government regulations and supply-side restrictions by commercial banks. Nonetheless, overall demand for euro cash remained strong and even increased relative to GDP since the financial crisis in 2008. In this process, however, we observe a supply-driven shift towards lower banknote denominations. Central banks all over the world are intensively thinking about the potential issue of ­CBDC as a substitute or complement to cash. Based on some of its preferred characteristics, we propose a double pre-paid scheme combining central elements of TARGET Instant Payment Settlement and electronic money features enabling offline and online instant payments. Since anonymity is categorically discarded by the ECB and as cash has some special advantages from a consumer perspective, the digital euro will rather co-circulate with cash than replace it in transactions.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Gerhard Rösl / Franz Seitz: Central Bank Digital Currency and Cash in the Euro Area: Current Developments and one Specific Proposal 523
Abstract 523
I. Introduction 523
II. Categorization of Different Types of Money in the Euro Area 524
III. Cash Supply and Demand in the Euro Area 527
1. Anti-Cash-Cartel in the EU? 527
2. Cash Usage at the Point of Sale 530
3. Total Cash in Circulation 532
4. Demand Shift towards Lower Denominations 534
5. Foreign Demand for Euro Banknotes 536
IV. The Digital Euro: Supply and Demand Side Considerations 536
1. Characteristics of the Digital Euro 536
2. A Novel Double Pre-Paid Design for the Digital Euro 538
a) E-Money in the Euro Area 538
b) TARGET Instant Payment Settlement 541
c) The Digital Euro: Combining TIPS with E-Money 543
3. Cash and the Digital Euro: Coexistence or Replacement? 545
V. Summary and Conclusions 546
References 548

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