Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit in the last 25 years there are very few texts describing the operation of consumer credit markets. Consumer Credit Fundamentals is the first book to provide a broad cross-disciplinary introduction to the subject. It covers the history of credit, the...

Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit in the last 25 years there are very few texts describing the operation of consumer credit markets. Consumer Credit Fundamentals is the first book to provide a broad cross-disciplinary introduction to the subject. It covers the history of credit, the...

This title offers an in-depth analysis of the psychological causes and consequences of, and proposed interventions for over-eating. The author examines the history of obesity and its distribution by social class and geography, the environmental effects of overconsumption and economic remedies...

Die Lissabon-Agenda von 2010 zielt darauf ab, den Non Cash-Zahlungsverkehr innerhalb von Europa zu harmonisieren und zu liberalisieren. Die PSD- und SEPA-bedingte Transformation des Kartengeschäfts soll zu einer künftigen Steigerung des Wohlfahrtseffekts für alle Marktteilnehmer führen, was...

Die Wertschöpfungskette des Kartengeschäfts -- Die Architektur der Karten-Schemes -- Kostenarten im Zahlungsverkehr mit Karten -- Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie im Rahmen des Kartengeschäfts -- Grundlagen der Transaktionskostentheorie des Kartengeschäfts.

Grundlagen -- Vorbemerkungen -- Empirie des Zahlungsverkehrs -- Die Neugestaltung des europäischen Zahlungsverkehrs -- Der einheitliche europäische Zahlungsraum — SEPA -- Die Vision eines einheitlichen Euro-Zahlungsraums -- Die analytische Basis des einheitlichen Zahlungsraums -- Interchange...

Interchange fees have been the focal point for debate in the card industry, among competition authorities and policy makers, as well as in the economic literature on two-sided markets and on the regulation of market failures. This book offers insight into the economics of interchange fees....

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future...

Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...