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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828849503321

Autore

Evans David S (David Sparks), <1954->

Titolo

Paying with plastic : the digital revolution in buying and borrowing / / David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c1999

ISBN

0-262-27244-X

0-585-19965-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 373 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmalenseeRichard

Disciplina

332.7/65/0973

Soggetti

Credit cards - United States

Bank credit cards - United States

Electronic funds transfers - United States

Electronic commerce - United States

Consumer credit - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-359) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Paying with Plastic -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plastic Cards -- From Sea Shells to Electrons -- A Land of Local Banks, Awash in Paper Checks -- The Rise of Payment Cards -- From Gourmets to the Masses -- Everywhere You Want to Be, Not Everywhere They Want to Be -- Chickens, Eggs, and Other Economic Conundrums -- System Wars -- Issuer Brawls -- Puzzles and Paradoxes -- The Antitrust Wars -- Debit Takes Off (Finally) -- And They Don t Take Cash -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.