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  1. A scaling law for two-sided networks? Empirical evidence for a mobile payment scheme

    Article • Telecommunications Policy, January 2026, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  2. Size and network value: a utility perspective on Reed’s law

    Article • Electronic Commerce Research, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  3. Mobile Payment Adoption in China: A Comment on Vatsa et al.

    Article • Managerial and Decision Economics, November 2025, Wiley

    Leo Van Hove

  4. Carrot and Stick: Impact of Regulations, Subsidies, and Obligations on the Development of Cashless Payments in Poland

    Article • Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, September 2025, De Gruyter

    Leo Van Hove

  5. Fake references and the value of citation databases

    Article • The Journal of Academic Librarianship, September 2025, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  6. Commentary: Family life in lockdown

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2025, Frontiers

    Leo Van Hove

  7. Online grocery shopping in Catalonia: How non-targeted surveys can miss the mark

    Article • Intangible Capital, May 2025, Omnia Publisher SL

    Leo Van Hove

  8. Financial literacy: different indicator, different insights?

    Article • Cogent Economics & Finance, December 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  9. Can cluster analysis enrich the innovation resistance theory? The case of mobile payment usage in Italy

    Article • Technology in Society, December 2024, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  10. Gender roles and inflation expectations: D’Acunto et al. revisited

    Article • Review of Economics of the Household, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  11. Revenues of network platforms: can they be expected to follow a growth ‘law’?

    Article • Technology in Society, September 2024, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  12. Quantifying the economic value of customers' social networks: does Metcalfe's law apply?

    Article • Frontiers in Communication, April 2024, Frontiers

    Leo Van Hove

  13. Can tax evasion be reduced by fostering cashless payments? A systematic literature review

    Article • The Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures, January 2024, Incisive Media

    Leo Van Hove

  14. Comment on Gruntkowski, L.M.; Martinez, L.F. Online Grocery Shopping in Germany: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19. J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2022, 17, 984–1002

    Article • Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  15. Evolution of the Online Grocery-Shopping Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empiric Study from Portugal. Comment on Gomes, S.; Lopes, J.M. Evolution of the Online Grocery Shopping Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empiric Study from Por...

    Article • Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  16. Survey-based measurement of the adoption of grocery delivery services: A commentary

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, October 2023, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  17. Consumer characteristics and e-grocery services: the primacy of the primary shopper

    Article • Electronic Commerce Research, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  18. Are the Time-Poor Willing to Pay More for Online Grocery Services? When ‘No’ Means ‘Yes’

    Article • Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  19. The role of financial innovations in consumer behaviour in the Russian retail payments market: A comment on Krivosheya

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, November 2021, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  20. Adoption and Usage of E-Grocery Shopping: A Context-Specific UTAUT2 Model

    Article • Sustainability, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  21. How currency denomination and the ATM affect the way we pay: a comment on Shy

    Article • Journal of Economics and Business, September 2020, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  22. Intra-household task allocation in online grocery shopping: Together alone

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, September 2020, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  23. National culture and (dis)trust in banks: Cross‐country evidence

    Article • Economic Notes, April 2020, Wiley

    Leo Van Hove

  24. Malware and market share: a comment on Arce

    Article • Journal of Cybersecurity, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Leo Van Hove

  25. National culture and financial literacy: international evidence

    Article • Applied Economics, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  26. Triggered or evaluated? A qualitative inquiry into the decision to start using e-grocery services

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  27. M-PESA and Financial Inclusion in Kenya: Of Paying Comes Saving?

    Article • Sustainability, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  28. The impact of cross-border acquisitions on target banks’ performance in an institutionally poor environment: Ukraine’s takeover wave

    Article • Post-Communist Economies, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  29. Quantifying and interpreting network effects: ‘Own-network’ is not the same as ‘firm-level’

    Article • Information Economics and Policy, December 2018, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  30. Comment on Apiors, E.K.; Suzuki, A. Mobile Money, Individuals’ Payments, Remittances, and Investments: Evidence from the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1409

    Article • Sustainability, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Leo Van Hove

  31. A note on “Cooperative interconnection settlement among ISPs through NAP”

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, September 2017, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  32. Adoption of Online Grocery Shopping: Personal or Household Characteristics?

    Article • Journal of Internet Commerce, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  33. Do red prices also work online?: An extension of Puccinelli et al. (2013)

    Article • Color Research & Application, June 2017, Wiley

    Leo Van Hove, Ellen Van Droogenbroeck

  34. On the socially optimal density of coin and banknote series: Do production costs really matter?

    Article • Journal of Macroeconomics, June 2017, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  35. Testing Metcalfe's law: Pitfalls and possibilities

    Article • Information Economics and Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  36. Measuring the value of mobile telecommunications networks

    Article • NETNOMICS Economic Research and Electronic Networking, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  37. Merchant Acceptance of Payment Cards: “Must Take” or “Wanna Take”?

    Article • Review of Network Economics, September 2016, De Gruyter

    Leo Van Hove

  38. Consumer Payment Preferences, Network Externalities, and Merchant Card Acceptance: An Empirical Investigation

    Article • Review of Industrial Organization, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  39. Cross-cultural user perceptions of website design and security: A commentary

    Article • Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, September 2016, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  40. Testing Metcalfe's Law: Pitfalls and Possibilities

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  41. Could “Nudges” Steer Us towards a Less-Cash Society?

    Article • January 2016, Nature

    Leo Van Hove

  42. Metcalfe’s Law and Network Quality: An Extension of Zhang et al.

    Article • Journal of Computer Science and Technology, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  43. The role of risk in e-retailers’ adoption of payment methods: evidence for transition economies

    Article • Electronic Commerce Research, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  44. Banknote printing in a less-cash society: innovate or not?

    Article • The Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures, September 2015, Incisive Media

    Leo Van Hove

  45. Modelling banknote printing costs: of cohorts, generations, and note-years

    Article • Economic Modelling, April 2015, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  46. Metcalfe’s law: not so wrong after all

    Article • NETNOMICS Economic Research and Electronic Networking, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  47. Drivers of internationalisation in network industries: the case of electronic purse developers

    Article • International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers

    Leo Van Hove

  48. When do plastic bills lower the bill for the central bank? A model and estimates for the U.S.

    Article • Journal of Policy Modeling, January 2013, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  49. The ‘principle of invariance’ in currency systems: a comment on Caianiello et al.

    Article • International Journal of General Systems, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  50. Pricing of card payment services in Scandinavian banking: a comment

    Article • Service Industries Journal, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  51. Central banks and their banknote series: The efficiency–cost trade-off

    Article • Economic Modelling, July 2011, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  52. The Role of Risk in E-Retailers’ Adoption of Payment Methods: Evidence for Transition Economies

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2011, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  53. To Bundle or Not to Bundle? How Western European Newspapers Package Their Online Content

    Article • Journal of Media Economics, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Leo Van Hove

  54. Classifying Payment Instruments: A Matryoshka Approach

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  55. Could 'Nudges' Steer Us Towards a 'Less-Cash Society'?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  56. On the War On Cash and its spoils

    Article • International Journal of Electronic Banking, January 2008, Inderscience Publishers

    Leo Van Hove

  57. Western European newspapers and their online revenue models: An overview

    Article • First Monday, November 2007, University of Illinois Libraries

    Leo Van Hove

  58. Mobile payment models and their implications for NextGen MSPs

    Article • Info, August 2007, Emerald

    Leo Van Hove

  59. What Future for Electronic Purses?

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  60. Electronic purses: Which way to go? (originally published in July 2000)

    Article • First Monday, December 2005, University of Illinois Libraries

    Leo Van Hove

  61. Electronic purses, interoperability and the Internet (originally published in April 1999)

    Article • First Monday, December 2005, University of Illinois Libraries

    Leo Van Hove

  62. Cost-based Pricing of Payment Instruments: the State of the Debate

    Article • De Economist, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leo Van Hove

  63. An early evaluation of the introduction of euro banknotes and coins

    Article • International Journal of Operations & Production Management, December 2002, Emerald

    Leo Van Hove

  64. Optimal Denominations for Coins and Bank Notes: In Defense of the Principle of Least Effort

    Article • Journal of money credit and banking, November 2001, JSTOR

    Leo Van Hove

  65. Electronic purses: Which way to go?

    Article • First Monday, July 2000, University of Illinois Libraries

    Leo Van Hove

  66. Analyse de la répartition de la monnaie fiduciaire en coupures La méthode de Hentsch reconsidérée

    Article • Revue économique, September 1996, JSTOR

    Leo Van Hove

  67. On the optimal spacing of currency denominations

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, May 1996, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  68. Currency Use and Payment Patterns

    Article • Southern Economic Journal, July 1994, JSTOR

    Leo Van Hove

  69. Diversification of primary energy consumption in six West European countries

    Article • Energy Economics, October 1993, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  70. The 'Principle of Invariance' in Currency Systems: A Comment on Caianiello et al.

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  71. Merchant Acceptance of Payment Cards in France: 'Le Client Est Roi!'

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  72. Merchant Acceptance of Payment Cards: Must Takee or Wanna Takee?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  73. Electronic Purses in Euroland: Why Do Penetration and Usage Rates Differ?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  74. Production Costs, Seigniorage and Counterfeiting: Central Banks’ Incentives for Improving Their Banknote Technology

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  75. Central Banks and Their Banknote Series: The Efficiency-Cost Trade-Off

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  76. The Internationalization of Electronic Purse Networks: National Responsiveness vs. Benefits of Integration

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  77. Drivers of Internationalisation in Network Industries: The Case of Electronic Purse Developers

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  78. Cross-Border Takeovers and Efficiency of Acquired Banks in Transition Economies: An Observational Study on Ukraine

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  79. Banking Market Structure, Institutions, and SMEs’ Access to Finance in Transition Economies: The Case of Ukraine

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove

  80. The 'Opaque Glitter' of Small and Medium Sized Businesses in Transition Countries: Are Foreign Banks Interested in SME Lending after All?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Leo Van Hove