Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector

Edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

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Abstract: orldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing strategies, and the principles that should govern the introduction of competition. Collected here are responses to these questions in the form of 24 essays written by researchers, practitioners, and senior managers from throughout the world.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781847205070
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Regulation and the USO under Entry

Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

Ch 2 Social Costs and Benefits of the Universal Service Obligation in the Postal Market

Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder, François Boldron and Bernard Roy

Ch 3 The Distribution of Post Offices in Italy and the United States

Robert Cohen, Luigi Di Paola, Rene Sheehy and Vincenzo Visco Comandini

Ch 4 Accessibility of the Postal Retail Network, Social Cohesion and Economic Development

François Boldron, Karen Dewulf, Denis Joram, Bernard Roy and Olivier Vialaneix

Ch 5 Forecast Uncertainty in Dynamic Models: An Application to the Demand for Mail

Catherine Cazals, Jean-Pierre Florens and Frank Rodriguez

Ch 6 The Impact of Economic and Demographic Dispersion on Aggregate Mail Volumes

Luis Jimenez, Matthew Harding and Michael Lintell

Ch 7 Substitution of Letter Mail for Different Sender–Receiver Segments

Heikki Nikali

Ch 8 Empirical Analysis of Service Quality in Japan's Small Package Market

Shoji Maruyama

Ch 9 Access, Bypass and Productivity Gains in Competitive Postal Markets

Francis Bloch and Axel Gautier

Ch 10 Pricing in Competitive Two-Sided Mail Markets

Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

Ch 11 Pricing, Welfare and Organisational Constraints for Postal Operators

Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer and Paul Dudley

Ch 12 National Postal Strategies after a Full Postal Market Opening

Gonzales d’Alcantara and Axel Gautier

Ch 13 Postcodes in Competitive Postal Markets: Is There a Case for Regulation?

Alex Dieke and Sonja Schölermann

Ch 14 Negotiated Volume Discounts in a Regulated Post

Matthew H. Robinson, Margaret M. Cigno and J.P. Klingenberg

Ch 15 Development of Competition in EU Postal Markets: The Influence of the Regulatory Framework on the Pattern of Competition

Patrick de Bas and Nick van der Lijn

Ch 16 An Incentive Regime for Quality of Service of Universal Service Providers in the Postal Sector

Luis Correia da Silva, Leonardo Mautino and Paul Dudley

Ch 17 The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Some Consequences

Robert A.F. Reisner, Lawrence G. Buc and James Pierce Myers

Ch 18 The Proper Scope of the Rules on Abuse of Dominant Position in a Liberalized Postal Services Market

Richard Eccles and Pauline Kuipers

Ch 19 Licensing Regimes in the Postal Sector: The Impact of the Recent EC Proposal for a Third Postal Directive

Joost Vantomme and Alessandra Fratini

Ch 20 Waiting for ‘Rowland Hill’ – Elements of Reform of Postal Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

José Ansón and Joëlle Toledano

Ch 21 Are There Economies of Scale in Mail Processing? Getting the Answers from a Large-but-Dirty Sample

Lawrence Fenster, Diane Monaco and Edward S. Pearsall

Ch 22 The Accounting Implications of the EU’s Third Postal Directive

John Hearn

Ch 23 Tradeoffs in Product Costing: The Statistical Impact of Cost Pool Formation Decisions

Alan Robinson, Richard Waterman and David Rawnsley

Ch 24 Data Requirements for Cost Accounting in the Mail Communication System

Leon A. Pintsov and Andrei Obrea

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