Niklas Ego
Deutsche Bundesbank
Niklas Ego works as payment policy expert in the division Policy, Oversight and Analysis in the Directorate General Payments and Settlement Systems at Deutsche Bundesbank. His major work comprises studies on topics in retail payments, such as payment behavior or the cost of different payments methods. Additionally, he is a member in different working groups led by the Financial Stability Board (in the context of the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-Border Payments), the International Monetary Fund (in the context of the “Data Gaps Initative”) and the European System of Central Banks (in the context of survey based studies in the field of retail payments). He studied at University of Tübingen, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico-City and University of Colonge and holds a B.Sc. in International Economics and a M.Sc. in Economics.
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Articles by Niklas Ego
The merchant’s hand in the consumer’s choice of payment instruments: an agent-based model
The authors use real-world data to investigate interactions between consumers and merchants in the adoption and usage of various payment instruments.