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Paying with plastic : the digital revolution in buying and borrowing

Title
Paying with plastic : the digital revolution in buying and borrowing / David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee.
Author
Evans, David S. (David Sparks), 1954-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.

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Schmalensee, Richard.
Description
xii, 373 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Digital revolution in buying and borrowing
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-359) and index.
Contents
Plastic cards -- From sea shells to electrons -- A land of local banks, awash in paper checks -- The rise of payment cards -- From gourmets to the masses -- Everywhere you want to be, not everywhere they want to be -- Chicken's eggs and other economic conundrums -- System wars -- Issuer brawls -- Puzzles and paradoxes -- The antitrust wars -- Debit takes off (finally) -- And they don't take cash.
Call Number
JBE 00-160
ISBN
0262050625 (hc : alk. paper)
LCCN
99023902
OCLC
41266035
Author
Evans, David S. (David Sparks), 1954-
Title
Paying with plastic : the digital revolution in buying and borrowing / David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-359) and index.
Added Author
Schmalensee, Richard.
Research Call Number
JBE 00-160
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