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Charging up a mountain of debt: households and their credit cards.
Yoo, Peter S. (1996)
I use the Surveys of Consumer Finances conducted in 1983, 1989 and 1992 to separate the growth of credit card debt into two categories, changes in the number of households with credit cards and changes in households credit card debt. I can then account for the relative contributions of increases in credit card availability, number of households, and average credit card debt. I also use the household income information to quantify the impact of more lower income households with credit cards. Data suggest that the increases in credit card debt is largely attributable to increased average credit ...
Working Papers , Paper 1996-015

Discussion Paper
A tale of two vintages: credit limit management before and after the CARD act and Great Recession
Santucci, Lawrence (2015-02-18)
This paper uses tradeline-level credit card data to examine initial credit limits and early credit limit increases before and after the Great Recession and implementation of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the CARD Act). I compare two vintages of credit card accounts, those opened in 2005 and 2011; I also follow each vintage for more than two years after the account opening. In general, I find that significantly less credit was extended to approved credit card applicants in 2011 than in 2005. Accounts in the 2011 vintage started out with lower ...
Consumer Finance Institute discussion papers , Paper 15-1

Working Paper
Potential competitive effects on U.S. bank credit card lending from the proposed bifurcated application of Basel II
Lang, William W.; Vermilyea, Todd A.; Mester, Loretta J. (2005)
This paper analyzes the potential competitive effects of the proposed bifurcated application of Basel II capital regulations in the United States on bank credit card lending activities. For this purpose, the authors consider the Basel II regulations as stated in the June 2004 Basel Committee Framework Agreement. ; Also issued as Payment Cards Center Discussion Paper No. 05-21 ; Superseded by Working Paper 07-09
Working Papers , Paper 05-29

Journal Article
Statement to Congress, September 24, 1997, (debit cards and unsolicited \\"loan checks\\")
Meyer, Laurence H. (1997-11)
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue Nov , Pages 884-887

Discussion Paper
Maintaining a safe environment for payment cards: Examining evolving threats posed by fraud
Herbst-Murphy, Susan (2009)
On April 23 and 24, 2008, the Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Electronic Funds Transfer Association jointly hosted "Maintaining a Safe Environment for Payment Cards: Examining Evolving Threats Posed by Fraud." The conference included panels representing four key constituencies: issuers, consumers, merchants/acquirers, and networks. The panelists addressed the nature of payment card fraud in the 21st century. This paper summarizes the highlights from the presentations and the discussions that ensued.
Consumer Finance Institute discussion papers , Paper 09-01

Working Paper
The choice at the checkout: quantifying demand across payment instruments
Kiser, Elizabeth K.; Borzekowski, Ron (2006)
Dramatic changes have occurred in the U.S. payment system over the past two decades, most notably an explosion in electronic card-based payments. Not surprisingly, this shift has been accompanied by a series of policy debates, all of which hinge critically on understanding consumer behavior at the point of sale. Using a new nationally representative survey, we transform consumers' responses to open-ended questions on reasons for using debit cards to estimate a characteristics-based discrete-choice demand model that includes debit cards, cash, checks, and credit cards. Market shares computed ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2006-17

Journal Article
Has widespread use of credit cards contributed to the increase in personal bankruptcy?
Stavins, Joanna (2001-10)
Regional Review , Issue Q4 2000 / Q1 2001 , Pages 4-7

Journal Article
Credit report accuracy and access to credit
Calem, Paul S.; Canner, Glenn B.; Avery, Robert B. (2004-07)
Data that credit-reporting agencies maintain on consumers' credit-related experiences play a central role in U.S. credit markets. Analysts widely agree that the data enable these markets to function more efficiently and at lower cost than would otherwise be possible. Despite the great benefits of the current system, however, some analysts have raised concerns about the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, and consistency of consumer credit records and about the effects of data problems on the availability and cost of credit. ; In this article, the authors expand on the available research by ...
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Volume 90 , Issue Sum , Pages 297-322

Journal Article
Interchange fees in Australia, the UK, and the United States : matching theory and practice
Weiner, Stuart E.; Hayashi, Fumiko (2006-07)
Interchange fees are an integral part of the pricing structure of credit and debit card industries. While in recent years the theoretical literature on interchange fees, and payment cards in general, has grown rapidly, the empirical literature has not. There are several reasons for this. First, comprehensive data are hard to obtain. Second, the industries are very complicated, and empirical models need to incorporate many industry-specific features, such as payment-card network rules and government regulations. And third, empirical studies may require a generalized empirical model since, ...
Economic Review , Volume 91 , Issue Q III , Pages 75-112

Journal Article
Recent trends in the profitability of credit card banks
Meyercord, Andrea (1994-07)
Competition among credit card issuers has increased sharply over the past few years. Despite this trend, the profitability of credit card banks not only remains high relative to the rest of the banking industry but continues to grow. This article examines recent trends in credit card bank profitability and, by looking beyond the aggregate data, uncovers some important differences between credit card banks owned by bank holding companies and those owned by nonbank firms.
Quarterly Review , Volume 19 , Issue Sum , Pages 107-111

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