Consumers' use of debit cards: Patterns, preferences, and price response

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-172

  Borzekowski, Ron ^a   Kiser, K Elizabeth ^a   Ahmed, Shaista ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank fees; Debt payment choice; Price response

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749150552     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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