The economics of credit cards, debit cards and ATMs: A survey and some new evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1468-1483

  Scholnick, Barry ^a   Massoud, Nadia ^b   Saunders, Anthony ^c   Carbo Valverde, Santiago ^d   Rodríguez Fernández, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATM; Credit cards; Debit cards

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749096805     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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