Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform

Edited by Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindofer and James I. Campbell

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Abstract: The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This Handbook brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to provide some perspective on the problems faced in the area and the varied approaches being taken to address it. They also review key elements of policy and strategy that are important in this debate.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781847209573
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Postal Reform: Introduction

Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer and James I. Campbell

Ch 2 Interactions between Regulatory and Antitrust Policies in a Liberalized Postal Sector

John C. Panzar

Ch 3 Pricing for Postal Access and Worksharing

Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

Ch 4 An Economic Model of the Regulatory Structure Created by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006

Michael Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins

Ch 5 Economics of Post Office Networks: Strategic Issues and the Impact on Mail Demand

Martin Buser, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

Ch 6 Funding Universal Service Obligations

John C. Panzar

Ch 7 Calculating the Net Cost of the USO: A Practical Example from Norway

Kristin Bergum

Ch 8 Reform of the United States Postal Service: An Unfinished Task

Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

Ch 9 Postal Transformation: United States Postal Service Builds a Platform for Fundamental Future Change

Robert A.F. Reisner

Ch 10 Technological Innovation and Postal Reform

Jean-Philippe Ducasse, Luis Jimenez and Marc Morelli

Ch 11 Postal Reform and Product Innovation

Leon A. Pintsov and Andrei Obrea

Ch 12 National Postal Policies in Europe on the Eve of the Third Directive

James I. Campbell, Alex Kalevi Dieke and Antonia Niederprüm

Ch 13 Economic Factors Underlying Postal Reform in the European Union

Michael A. Crew, Gonzales d’Alcantara, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Bert Kuypers and Philippe Claeys

Ch 14 EU Law on Postal Services

Richard Eccles

Ch 15 A Brief History of the United States Postal Monopoly Law

James I. Campbell

Ch 16 Competition, Wages and Politics in the Delivery Sector: The Case of Postal Minimum Wages in Germany

Alex Kalevi Dieke and Ralf Wojtek

Ch 17 Liberalization and Market Performance: Towards Higher Efficiency in Sweden

Peter Andersson

Ch 18 The French Postal Market in the Wake of the Postal Law of 2005

Catherine Gallet-Rybak, Cécile Moreno, Daniel Nadal and Joelle Toledano

Ch 19 United Kingdom Postal Services Regulation

Richard Eccles

Ch 20 The Diverse Characteristics of Postal Reforms in Asia: Privatization, Corporatization and Liberalization

Shoji Maruyama and Shinichi Sano

Ch 21 How Much Postal Reform in Japanese Postal Privatization?

James I Campbell and Amelia Porges

Ch 22 Postal Reform in Australia

Chris Paterson

Ch 23 Postal Reform in Developing Countries: Challenges and Choices

Juan B. Ianni

Ch 24 India Post: An Agenda for Restructuring and Commercialization

V. Ranganathan

Ch 25 Postal Reform in Israel

Avi Azuz, Udi Nisan and Eli Sagi

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