Chargebacks: Another Payment Card Acceptance Cost for Merchants
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عنوان ژورنال: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Research Working Paper
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1936-5330
DOI: 10.18651/rwp2016-01