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- Title
WHY DO PEOPLE USE DEBIT CARDS: EVIDENCE FROM CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
- Authors
FUSARO, MARC ANTHONY
- Abstract
Debit cards are the fastest growing consumer payment method despite being more expensive and less versatile than credit cards. In this paper, we investigate some of the oft cited explanations for debit card use. Checking account data shows that debit card use is correlated with age, pay frequency, overdrafting, and ATM use, but not income, gender, crime, or expenditure. The data contain some signs that debit cards might be used as a method of spending restraint. (JEL D14, G21, L14 )
- Subjects
UNITED States; DEBIT cards; CONSUMER behavior; OVERDRAFTS; CHECKING accounts; AUTOMATED teller machines
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 4, p1986
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.12008