This paper explores the issue of the multilateral interchange fees from the perspective of the competition law. The multilateral interchange fees are payments for card transactions operated through financial institutions such as Visa and MasterCard. The issue raised by the European Commission is...

Kostentransparenz im institutionellen Asset Management Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über verschiedenste Kostenfaktoren im institutionellen Asset Management in Deutschland, angefangen von der Asset Manager-Fee über Transaktionsgebühren bis hin zu den Verwahrstellenkosten. Darüber hinaus...

In this study, a multi-party payment card network model is constructed to explore the determination of merchant and interchange fees, thereby extending Langlet's (2009) observation of unitary payment systems. The focus of this analysis was on the impact of consumer price elasticity, the relative...

In this paper we empirically address the issue of whether reductions in card payment interchange fees have a significant impact on prices paid by consumers. The answer to this question is at the core of most competition policy cases and regulations that have been applied to card payment markets....