| Description |
1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index. |
| Contents |
The basics of payment cards -- Easy money -- The puzzle of payment cards -- Reforming payment systems -- Optimizing consumer credit markets and bankruptcy policy. |
| Summary |
"This book is the first comprehensive treatment of credit cards in the global economy. the topic is timely not only because of the attention focused on cards as a contributor to the substantial rise in consumer borrowing, but also because of the role of cards in the recent retrenchment in the U.S. bankruptcy system. Relying on data from the United states, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Japan, Charging Ahead includes a careful statistical analysis of the relation between the rise of credit card use and broader macroeconomic phenomena such as consumer borrowing and bankruptcy. It also provides a broad narrative of how credit cards have come to be used so differently around the world. Finally, it sets out a detailed and coherent program for regulatory intervention grounded in both empirical analysis and the existing theoretical literature."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Credit cards.
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Credit cards. |
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Credit cards -- Law and legislation.
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Credit cards -- Law and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mann, Ronald J., 1961- Charging ahead. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006005052 |
| ISBN |
0511246447 (electronic book) |
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9780511246449 (electronic book) |
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9780511247132 (electronic book) |
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0511247133 (electronic book) |
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0511243472 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511243479 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511244971 |
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0511244975 |
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9786610703753 |
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6610703752 |
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0521866111 (Cloth) |
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9780521866118 |
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