Cost-based pricing of payment instruments: The state of the debate

Economist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-100

  Hove, Leo Van ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cash; Cost based pricing; Electronic purses; Payment instruments

Indexed keywords

BANKING; E-COMMERCE; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PRICING POLICY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842686204     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECOT.0000019528.23346.fb     Document Type: Article

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