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Economics of the payment card industry by David S. Evans Download PDF EPUB FB2

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The Economics of Payment Cards Abstract This paper surveys the economics literature on payment cards, focusing on the role of interchange fees, merchant internalization, surcharging and two-sided markets. The paper aims to integrate a wide range of theoretical papers with the relevant empirical research and important policy questions.

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2 The Organization and Economics of Payment Card Networks The U.S. payment card industry involves thousands of banks participating in a number of networks, millions of consumers who find it valuable to use a payment card, and millions of merchants who find it valuable to accept those cards.

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Book transfer is a way to eliminate check Author: Julia Kagan. Interchange fees have been the focal point for debate in the card industry, among competition authorities and policy makers, as well as in the economic literature on two-sided markets and on the regulation of market failures.

This book offers insight into the economics of interchange : Palgrave Macmillan. Interchange Fees and Payment Card Networks: Economics, Industry Developments, and Policy Issues Robin A.

Prager, Mark D. Manuszak, Elizabeth K. Kiser, and Ron Borzekowski NOTE: Sta working papers in the Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS) are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. The modern payment card industry started with Diners Club, in It focused on developing a critical mass of cardholders and restaurants in a small geographic area—Manhattan.

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Payment Card Industry Primer. Payment Card Economics Review, Vol. 2, pp.Winter 17 Pages Posted: 25 Jan See all articles by Howard H. Chang Howard H. Chang. Global Economics Group, LLC. Abstract. This primer covers some of the basic facts needed to understand the payment card industry.

Some of these facts are well by: 1. This paper provides a brief overview of the economics of the payment card industry, explaining some of the differences from the textbook model of competitive markets. Such differences are important factors for the antitrust analysis of payment card networks.

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Interchange fees have been the focal point for debate in the card industry, among competition authorities and policy makers, as well as in the economic literature on two-sided markets and on the regulation of market failures.

This book offers insight into the economics of interchange fees. Most payment card transactions occur in three- or four-party networks These networks comprise consumers and their banks (known as issuers), as well as merchants and their banks (known as acquir-ers).

Issuers and acquirers are part of a network that sets the rules and procedures for clearing and settling payment card receipts among its members. The payment card industry 04/11/14 Pricing Payment Cards, TSE 2 3-party card network p: price of the good a: interchange fee (IF) f: usage fee (per-transaction) m: merchant fee (per-transaction) F: membership fee (fixed) Consumer Merchant p+ f p - m good F Payment Network (a) 3-party (closed) card network (E.g., AMEX)Cited by: 1.

This article provides a brief overview of the economics of the payment card industry, explaining some of the differences from the textbook model of competitive markets.

Such differences are important factors for the antitrust analysis of payment card networks. Overview. The payment card industry consists of all the organizations which store, process and transmit cardholder data, most notably for debit cards and credit security standards are developed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council which develops the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards used throughout the industry.

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U.S. merchants and banks had losses of $ billion due to credit-card fraud, or 5 cents on every $ spent, according to the Nilson Report, a payment-industry newsletter based in Author: Todd Zywicki.