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Approaches to Regulating Interchange Fees in Payment Systems

Gans, Joshua S.; King, Stephen P. - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 2, pp. 125-145

Significant attention worldwide has been paid to the regulation of credit card interchange fees. In part, this attention has followed concerns expressed about the level of these fees in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia recently conducted an extensive inquiry into the...

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An Economic Analysis of the Determination of Interchange Fees in Payment Card Systems

Rochet, Jean-Charles; Tirole, Jean - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 2, pp. 69-79

The paper investigates, in a non-technical fashion, the economic determinants of interchange fees in payment card systems and the potential need for their regulation. Among other things, it demonstrates that the proposal for a cost-based regulation of interchange fees relies on an erroneous,...

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Who Pays for Card Payments? A General Model on the Role of Interchange Fees

Mariotto, Carlotta; Verdier, Marianne - In: Review of Network Economics 16 (2017) 3, pp. 307-349

Abstract When a consumer pays by card, the merchant’s bank pays to the consumer’s bank an interchange fee. In this article, we construct a general model of a card platform that unifies the literature on interchange fees. We enrich the existing frameworks by analyzing the choice of the...

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Payment System Self-Regulation through Fee Caps

Griem, Fabian - In: Review of Network Economics 18 (2020) 3, pp. 141-167

Abstract This paper considers the organization of a single (domestic) payment system. When card issuers that are members of a payment system set their fees individually, this gives rise to a free-riding problem, as in providing access to different customers, card issuers are complements from the...

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Card Acceptance by Small Merchants: An Application of the Tourist Test to Peru

Aurazo, Jose; Vega, Milton - In: Review of Network Economics 20 (2021) 2, pp. 101-137

Abstract This paper presents a first estimation of the tourist test threshold for interchange fees that makes Peruvian small merchants indifferent between accepting cash and debit cards at the point of sale. We use the tourist test model (initially proposed by Rochet and Tirole), including tax...

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Bill and Keep as the Efficient Interconnection Regime?

Wright, Julian - In: Review of Network Economics 1 (2002) 1, pp. 54-60

In this paper I review the recent paper by DeGraba (2000) that proposes a version of Bill and Keep (called COBAK) as the efficient interconnection regime. I argue while the proposed interconnection regime is suitable for some types of interconnection it would be quite undesirable for others. I...

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The Evolution of Price Discrimination in Transportation and its Implications for the Internet

Odlyzko, Andrew - In: Review of Network Economics 3 (2004) 3, pp. 323-346

telecommunications industry to gain greater control over what is transmitted over the Internet. The implications for the evolution of the …

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New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database

Wallsten, Scott; Clarke, George; Haggarty, Luke; … - In: Review of Network Economics 3 (2004) 3, pp. 248-282

We construct comprehensive and consistent datasets on telecommunications and electricity regulations in developing … countries through extensive surveys of regulators. The database of telecommunications regulations includes 178 variables on … regulatory governance and content in 45 countries. The database of electricity regulations includes 374 variables in 20 countries …

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Aligning Price Regulation with Telecommunications Competition

Tardiff, Timothy J.; Taylor, William E. - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 4, pp. 338-354

Since the 1990s, local exchange telecommunications carriers (LECs) have been subject to incentive regulation plans …

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Efficiency Trade-Offs in the Design of Competition Policy for the Telecommunications Industry

Gayle, Philip G.; Weisman, Dennis L. - In: Review of Network Economics 6 (2007) 3, pp. 321-341

telecommunications industry. We explore the relationship between the prices of unbundled network elements (UNEs) and static …

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