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Friction Costs

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Friction costs
Costs, both implied and direct, associated with a transaction. Such costs include time, effort, money, and associated tax effects of gathering information and making a transaction.

Friction Costs
The total cost, both direct and indirect, of a transaction after commissions, interest rates, taxes, research, time, and other expenses. For example, a student loan has a principal and interest rate, but the friction cost may include an origination fee, a federal default fee, and other expenses.


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Markets will evolve toward a multi-asset class, order-driven model, making it much cheaper to trade and allowing for less friction costs during the execution of trading decisions.
The analysis also noted that public policies and the business practices of payors that help speed eligibility information to the pharmacies - with electronic point-of-service access - will reduce these friction costs, allow public officials to lower fee schedules, and enable payors to negotiate larger discounts.
The current DRP environment creates significant redundant and unnecessary administrative expenses and friction costs for both insurers and repairers," he said.
 
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