Credit Card Rewards: a Response to Who Gains and Who Loses
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or two decades, economic and legal academics have speculated about the impact of the fees that merchants pay for credit card acceptance. Since all customers pay the same price, the theory goes, everyone pays for the benefits that go only to credit card users. A recent Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) policy paper written by economists Scott Schuh, Oz Shy, and Joanna Stavins entitled Who Gains and Who Loses from Credit Card Payments? Theory and Calibrations has taken the argument a step further, contending that credit card programs reduce consumer welfare by transferring money from low-income households that purchase goods and services with payment
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Assessing the Cost & Benefits of Credit Card Rewards: A Response to Who Gains and Who Loses from Credit Card Payments? Theory and Calibrations
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