, it is important to maintain competition among payment service providers but data available to gauge the degree of … competition are quite limited. We propose and implement a frontierbased method to assess relative competition in bank …

Efficient payment services underpin the smooth operation of the economy. Competition and innovation are key drivers for … determinants that affect pricing, competition and the incentives to innovate in the payment market. While the payment landscape is …

influences total demand. Survey data of Dutch merchants shows that costs, and competition affect acceptance as well as … their customers for using them. Merchants who face any competition accept debit card payments relatively more often than … merchants with monopoly power, and they are less likely to surcharge their customers for debit card usage. Intense competition …