One for all and all for one: privatization and Universal Service provision in the postal sector

Philipp B. Schuster

Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 45, issue 26, 3667-3682

Abstract: Universal Service provision has a special role for the public utilities sector in many Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. These public utilities have largely been subject to privatization during the last 3 decades. Efficiency effects of privatization are widely documented while the impacts on the quality and accessibility of the Universal Service are not much examined. By using a unique dataset on privatization for 21 countries over the period 1980--2007 for the postal sector, we are able to show that privatization, in particular formal privatization, has led to a decrease in the quality of the Universal Service.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2012.727982

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