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050 00 $aHG 3755.8 U6$bE94 1999
100 1 $aEvans, David S.
245 10 $aPaying with plastic :$bthe digital revolution in buying and borrowing /$cDavid S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bMIT Press,$cc1999.
300 $axii, 373 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-359) and index.
505 0 $aPlastic Cards -- The Star -- Star Performance -- The Main Characters -- Other Members of the Cast -- Supporting Roles -- The Foreign Cast -- The Thirteen Acts -- From Sea Shells to Electrons -- What Is Money? -- Money in America -- Cash, Check, or Charge? -- Debit or Credit? -- The Role of Payment Cards in the U.S. Economy -- A Land of Local Banks, Awash in Paper Checks -- Banking in America -- Banks, Nonbanks, and Payment Cards -- The Rise of Payment Cards -- Diners Club and the Birth of the Payment Card -- The Infancy of the Card Associations -- Early Policy Issues: Duality and Usury -- The 1980s Spending and Debt Spree -- The 1990s and the New Millenium -- Risk, Innovation, and Investment -- From Gourmets to the Masses -- The Growth and Diffusion of Credit Cards in the American Economy -- Payment Cards and the Transactions Demand for Money -- Credit Cards and Liquidity Constraints -- Credit Cards and Entrepreneurship -- But Are Payment Cards Really a Good Deal? -- Everywhere You Want to Be, Not Everywhere They Want to Be -- Who Are the Players? -- Honor All Cards -- The Economics of Merchant Acceptance -- More and More Merchants Take Payment Cards -- Chickens, Eggs, and Other Economic Conundrums -- Product Differentiation -- Economics of Network Industries -- Some Economics of Joint Ventures -- Interdependent Pricing -- System Wars -- Who Are the Warriors? -- The Weapons of War -- The Rise and Decline of American Express Cards -- The Bankcard Battles -- Issuer Brawls -- Who Are the Players? -- Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation -- Competitive Strategies -- Market Structure -- Market Performance -- Consolidation in Banking and Cards -- Puzzles and Paradoxes -- High and Sticky Interest Rates -- The Myth of Exorbitant Profits -- AT&T, GM, and Credit Card Prices -- The Antitrust Wars -- Sleeping with the Enemy: Worthen -- Good Fix: NaBanco -- Someone's Knocking at My Door: Mountain West -- Leveling the Battlefield -- Debit Takes Off (Finally) -- Awkward Growth, Complexity, and Confusion -- The Rise of ATMs -- The Growth of PIN Pad Merchants -- The Associations Finally Get It Right -- Which Came First? -- The Future of Debit Cards -- And They Don't Take Cash.
650 0 $aCredit cards$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBank credit cards$zUnited States.
650 0 $aElectronic funds transfers$zUnited States.
650 0 $aElectronic commerce$zUnited States.
650 0 $aConsumer credit$zUnited States.
700 1 $aSchmalensee, Richard.
948 $a05/02/2000$b05/05/2000
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