Credit Card Use Patterns Credit card issuers price
discriminate according to consumers’ credit card use
patterns. Previously, a discrepancy has been found
between consumers’ reported intentions to payoff credit
card balances and observed use of credit cards as a
financing medium (Ausubel, 1991). Although the
payoffs to search were investigated only for revolvers, in
order to capture this potential discrepancy between
intentions and actions, respondents’ reported level of
payoff was also included as an explanatory variable.
Level of payoff is measured based on the respondents’
answer to the question: “Do you almost always,
sometimes, or hardly ever pay off the total balance owed
on the account each month?” The answers are recorded
on a three-level scale (1 = almost always, 3 = hardly
ever). The relationship between this variable and APR
should be negative -- that is, one expects consumers who
hardly ever pay off their balances to search for a low
APR credit card. The number of credit cards is another
measure of credit card use patterns; it is the absolute
number of bank-type credit cards reported by the
respondent. If consumers have more than one credit
card, they are more likely to put their outstanding balance Demographic Variables A set of demographic variables
were included to capture their possible impacts on
interest rate:
Credit Card Use Patterns Credit card issuers pricediscriminate according to consumers’ credit card usepatterns. Previously, a discrepancy has been foundbetween consumers’ reported intentions to payoff creditcard balances and observed use of credit cards as afinancing medium (Ausubel, 1991). Although thepayoffs to search were investigated only for revolvers, inorder to capture this potential discrepancy betweenintentions and actions, respondents’ reported level ofpayoff was also included as an explanatory variable.Level of payoff is measured based on the respondents’answer to the question: “Do you almost always,sometimes, or hardly ever pay off the total balance owedon the account each month?” The answers are recordedon a three-level scale (1 = almost always, 3 = hardlyever). The relationship between this variable and APRshould be negative -- that is, one expects consumers whohardly ever pay off their balances to search for a lowAPR credit card. The number of credit cards is anothermeasure of credit card use patterns; it is the absolutenumber of bank-type credit cards reported by therespondent. If consumers have more than one creditcard, they are more likely to put their outstanding balance Demographic Variables A set of demographic variableswere included to capture their possible impacts oninterest rate:
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Credit Card Use Patterns Credit card issuers price
discriminate according to consumers’ credit card use
patterns. Previously, a discrepancy has been found
between consumers’ reported intentions to payoff credit
card balances and observed use of credit cards as a
financing medium (Ausubel, 1991). Although the
payoffs to search were investigated only for revolvers, in
order to capture this potential discrepancy between
intentions and actions, respondents’ reported level of
payoff was also included as an explanatory variable.
Level of payoff is measured based on the respondents’
answer to the question: “Do you almost always,
sometimes, or hardly ever pay off the total balance owed
on the account each month?” The answers are recorded
on a three-level scale (1 = almost always, 3 = hardly
ever). The relationship between this variable and APR
should be negative -- that is, one expects consumers who
hardly ever pay off their balances to search for a low
APR credit card. The number of credit cards is another
measure of credit card use patterns; it is the absolute
number of bank-type credit cards reported by the
respondent. If consumers have more than one credit
card, they are more likely to put their outstanding balance Demographic Variables A set of demographic variables
were included to capture their possible impacts on
interest rate:
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