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PROCEEDINGS OF PAYMENTS SYSTEM REVIEW CONFERENCE

29 November 2007

As part of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 2007/08 review of the reforms to Australia's payments system, the Bank co-hosted a conference with the Centre for Business and Public Policy at the Melbourne Business School. The conference was held in Sydney on 29 November 2007. A volume, containing the conference papers and discussion, was published on 17 April 2008.

Download the complete volume (PDF 4.4M)

Conference Papers

• Title - PDF 152K
  
  
• Table of Contents - PDF 39K

• Introduction - PDF 63K
  Ian Harper and Philip Lowe

• Competing Payment Systems: Key Insights from the Academic Literature - PDF 147K
  Jean-Charles Rochet
  Discussion - PDF 87K
  Stephen P. King and Julian Wright

• Towards a Competitive Card Payments Marketplace - PDF 774K
  Alan S. Frankel
  Discussion - PDF 110K
  Tom Pockett and Stuart E.Weiner
  
  
• Payment Costs in Australia - PDF 442K
  Carl Schwartz, Justin Fabo, Owen Bailey and Louise Carter 

• Household Payment Patterns in Australia - PDF 2.6M
  David Emery, Tim West and Darren Massey
  Discussion - PDF 193K
  Jenny Fagg and Ric Simes 

• Lunchtime Address - PDF 60K
  Christopher Hamilton

Forums

• Forum I – Interchange Fees - PDF 157K
  Introductory Speakers: Leigh Clapham, Paul Rickard and Douglas Swansson
  Discussion

• Forum II – Access and Innovation - PDF 111K
  Introductory Speakers: Geoff Bebbington and Manuel Garcia
  Discussion

• Biographies of Contributors - PDF 43K
• List of Conference Participants - PDF 49K