The impact of the U.S. debit card interchange fee regulation on consumer welfare : an event study analysis /

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Author / Creator:	Evans, David S. (David Sparks), 1954- author.
Imprint:	[Chicago, Illinois] : Law School, University of Chicago, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (60 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics working paper ; no. 658 (2d series) Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics working paper ; no. 658.
Subject:	Interchange fees (Banking) -- Law and legislation -- United States. Debit cards -- Law and legislation -- United States. Banks and banking -- Service charges -- Law and legislation -- United States. Consumers -- United States. Banks and banking -- Service charges -- Law and legislation. Consumers. Debit cards -- Law and legislation. Interchange fees (Banking) -- Law and legislation. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9860173

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Other authors / contributors:	Chang, Howard F. (Howard Fenghau), author. Joyce, Steven (Economist), author.
Notes:	"October 2013." Includes bibliographical references. Title from online title page (viewed February 7, 2014).
Summary:	"The cost to merchants of taking payment on debit cards declined by more than 7 billion dollars annually as a result of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, while the effective cost to issuers of providing debit card services to consumers increased by a corresponding amount. This paper reports an event-study analysis of stock prices to determine the impact on consumers of the Durbin Amendment. Did consumers gain more from cost savings passed on by merchants, in the form of lower prices and better services, than they lost from cost increases passed on by banks, in the form of higher prices or less service? We find that consumers lost more on the bank side than they gained on the merchant side. Our estimate is that, based on the expectations of investors, the present discounted value of the losses for consumers as a result of the implementation of the Durbin Amendment is between 22 and 25 billion dollars."

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