Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303046 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
KCG Working Paper No. 35
Publisher: 
Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG), Kiel
Abstract: 
Our analysis of over 500 Ghanaian firms sheds light, for the first time, on how certain firms managed to extract value from mobile money. Our regressions point to the usefulness of this form of cashless payments in stabilizing sales during the COVID pandemic. Perhaps the most important message from our analysis is the recognition that the benefits from mobile money extend beyond its purpose as a tool for transacting cashless payments. We reveal that firms using these additional tools supported by MoMo (e.g. for planning or saving purposes) report higher sales resilience, all things equal. Our findings appear to echo the literature on private householders (e.g. Jack and Suri, 2014). However, while the latter report a positive effect due to remittances, our finding is more likely driven by enhanced ability of businesses to streamline their planning and sales.
Subjects: 
Mobile Money
Africa
Firm
Urbanization
JEL: 
G23
G21
L25
O14
O18
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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