A theory of credit cards

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-595

  Chakravorti, Sujit ^a   To, Ted ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Merchant Discount; Network Effect; Payment Cards; Payment Systems

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CREDIT CARDS; NETWORK GOODS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; PROFIT MARGIN;

SMART CARDS;

EID: 33947309417     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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