Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/29563 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IWQW Discussion Papers No. 05/2008
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung (IWQW), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
This paper studies ATM coalitions in retail banking. We ask when it is profitable for banks to make agreements which ban direct ATM transaction fees. In the case of a coalition banks loose income from ATM transactions but relax competition in the banking market. We find that such agreements are profitable when the interchange fee is sufficiently high. When banks can collude on the interchange they always form a coalition. Coalitions may harm consumers but lead to higher total welfare. Moreover, we find that smaller banks have larger incentives to form ATM coalitions. Investment in ATM networks is typically higher with a coalition.
Subjects: 
Banking competition
ATM networks
collusion
JEL: 
L1
G2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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