Ackerberg, Daniel A.; Gowrisankaran, Gautam - University of Arizona and NBER; Washington University … - 2003
We seek to estimate the causes and magnitudes of network externalitiesfor the automated clearinghouse (ACH) electronic payments system, usinga panel data set on individual bank usage of ACH. We construct anequilibrium model of consumer and bank adoption of ACH in the presenceof a network. The...