Erschienen in:FRB of New York Staff Report ; No. 260
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1 Online-Ressource (35 p)
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10.2139/ssrn.932596
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 2006 erstellt
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We examine the diffusion of real-time gross settlement (RTGS) technology across all 174 central banks. RTGS reduces settlement risk and facilitates financial innovation in the settlement of foreign exchange trades. In 1985, only three central banks had implemented RTGS systems, and by year-end 2005, that number had increased to ninety. We find that the RTGS diffusion process is consistent with the standard S-curve prediction. Real GDP per capita, the relative price of capital, and trade patterns explain a significant part of the cross-country variation in RTGS adoption. These determinants are remarkably similar to those that seem to drive the cross-country adoption patterns of other technologies