Postal and Regulatory Reform in Intermodal Competition

Christian Jaag and Helmut Dietl

No 31, Working Papers from Swiss Economics

Abstract: This paper argues that transforming the postal business model goes hand in hand with a transformation in the definition of universal service obligation. Whilst postal operators need to fully embrace the unique competitive space created by electronic substitution, at the intersection between the physical and digital, regulatory frameworks also must be adapted towards a technology-neutral definition of universal service.

Keywords: Regulation; Postal market; Substitution; Intermodal competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L50 L87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10
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Published in: The Future is in the Post Vol. 2: Perspectives on Transformation in the Postal Industry, ed. by Kristian Sund and Derek Osborn, Faringdon. Libri Publishing.

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