Universal Service Auctions in Liberalized Postal Markets

Joan Calzada, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

No 14, Working Papers from Swiss Economics

Abstract: We analyze whether it makes sense to auction off Universal Service Obligations in postal markets. Based on auction theory, case studies and sector-specific considerations we conclude that auctions will be difficult to implement in the postal sector.

Keywords: Procurement; Tendering; Reverse Auctions; Universal Service Obligation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2009-05, Revised 2009-07
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Published in Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, pp. 263-277.

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