Incentives at the counter: An empirical analysis of surcharging card payments and payment behaviour in the Netherlands

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1738-1744

  Bolt, Wilko ^a   Jonker, Nicole ^a   van Renselaar, Corry ^a  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; No surcharge rule; Retail payments; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953483088     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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