Plastic money : constructing markets for credit cards in eight postcommunist countries / Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva.

In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the world, however, the establishment of a ""credit-card economy"" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a...

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Main Authors: Rona-Tas, Akos (Author), Guseva, Alya, 1974- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
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520 |a In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the world, however, the establishment of a ""credit-card economy"" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a credit card? How do markets convince people to use cards, make their transactions visible to authorities, assume the potential risk of fraud, and pay to use their own money? Why should merchants agree to pay extra if customers use cards instead of cash? In Plastic Money, Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva tell the story of ... 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Paying with cards -- The transition from a communist to a market economy -- Payment puzzles -- Credit puzzles -- The construction of card markets in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic -- Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria -- Vietnam and China. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
546 |a English. 
650 0 |a Credit cards  |z Former communist countries. 
650 0 |a Consumer credit  |z Former communist countries. 
650 0 |a Post-communism  |x Economic aspects. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Finance.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Development  |x Economic Development.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Consumer credit  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Credit cards  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Post-communism  |x Economic aspects  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Former communist countries  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Postkommunismus  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Kreditkarte  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Markterschließung  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Osteuropa  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Asien  |2 gnd 
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