Document de travail 2011-31
Fraud, Investments and Liability Regimes in Payment Platforms
Anna Creti et Marianne Verdier
Résumé :
In this paper, we discuss how fraud liability regimes impact the price structure that is chosen by a monopolistic payment platform, in a setting where merchants can invest in fraud detection technologies. We show that liability allocation rules distort the price structure charged by platforms or banks to consumers and merchants with respect to a case where such a responsibility regime is not implemented. We determine the allocation of fraud losses between the payment platform and the merchants that maximises the platform's profit and we compare it to the allocation that maximises social welfare.
Classification JEL : G21, L31, L42
Mots-clés : payment card systems, interchange fees, two-sided markets, fraud, liability
