Does banknote quality affect counterfeit detection? Experimental evidence from Germany and the Netherlands
Counterfeit prevention is a major task for central banks, as it helps to maintain public confidence in the currency. It is often maintained that a high quality of the banknotes in circulation helps the public detect counterfeits. However, there has not been any scientific evidence in support of this assertion so far. The present study is a first attempt to fill this research gap. To investigate whether banknote quality affects counterfeit detection, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank (DBB) conducted a field study in 2014 and 2015 amongst 250 consumers and 261 cashiers in t... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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Frankfurt a. M.: Deutsche Bundesbank
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / E40 / E41 / E50 / E58 / banknotes / counterfeits / banknote quality / signal detection theory |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26846597 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130562 |