Payment Method Costs Assessment: Survey of Retailers, 1983 [United States] (ICPSR 8171)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Richard T. Curtin

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08171.v1

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Summary

This telephone interview survey was conducted during April and May 1983 by the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, with a grant from the Federal Reserve Board. The purpose of the survey was to collect data on the sensitivity of retailers' pricing structures to methods of payment used by consumers to make purchases. The major areas of investigation were sales volume transacted by cash, personal checks, third-party credit cards, and other methods, cost differences incurred by retailers for accepting different payment methods, and retailer experience with and attitudes toward cash discounts and credit surcharges. The sampling universe consisted of nonfood retail establishments in the coterminous United States. The overall response rate was 82 percent, although retail firms with an annual sales volume of more than $5,000,000 were somewhat less likely to respond. Other characteristics of respondents and nonrespondents did not differ significantly.

Citation

Curtin, Richard T. Payment Method Costs Assessment: Survey of Retailers, 1983 [United States]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08171.v1

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Funding

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1983

Date of Collection

1983-04 -- 1983-05
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Sample

Sales-weighted national sample.

Universe

Nonfood retail establishments, excluding vehicle dealers in the coterminous United States.

Data Source

telephone interviews

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Original Release Date

1984-07-13

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Curtin, Richard T. Payment Method Costs Assessment: Survey of Retailers, 1983 [United States]. ICPSR08171-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08171.v1
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