Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age

Edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This compilation of original essays by an international cast of economists, regulators and industry practitioners analyzes some of the major issues now facing postal and delivery services throughout the world as competition from information and communication technologies has increased.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781849803601
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Competitive Strategies under FMO and Intermodal Competition

Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

Ch 2 Invoicing in 16 European Countries

Kari Elkelä

Ch 3 Does the Level of Price Elasticity Change with the Progression of Substitution?

Heikki Nikali

Ch 4 Understanding the Impact of E-Substitution on Letter Mail Volumes: A Multi-Country Panel Study

Meloria Meschi, Matthew Cherry, Carla Pace and Milena Petrova

Ch 5 The Future of the Portuguese Postal Sector and the Role of CTT

Alberto Pimenta and António Manuel Amaral

Ch 6 Optimal Pricing for Mail and Welfare Implications in a Communications Market

Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley and Frank Rodiguez

Ch 7 UK Letter Mail Demand: A Content-based Time-series Analysis Using Overlapping Market Survey Statistical Techniques

Catherine Cazals, Jean-Pierre Florens, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Soterios Soteri and Frank Rodriguez

Ch 8 Postal Markets and Electronic Substitution: Implications for Regulatory Practices and Institutions in Europe

Martin Maegli, Christian Jaag, Martin Koller and Urs Trinkner

Ch 9 How Many Outlets if the USP Does Not Face Any USO? A Cross-country Comparison

Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Bernard Roy

Ch 10 Costing the Universal Service: Evaluating the Demand Response

Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel

Ch 11 State Funding and Cost Sharing of the USO Under the 2008 EU Postal Services Directive

Richard Eccles

Ch 12 Econometric Models and the Evolution of the French Post Office Network

François Boldron, Frédérique Fève, Jean-Pierre Florens, Clemence Panet-Amaro and Christophe Valognes

Ch 13 Evaluating the Demand Effects of Reductions in the Frequency of Delivery Service

Edward S. Pearsall and Charles L. Trozzo

Ch 14 The UK Service Obligation: What Do the Public Think and How Do They Value It?

Rob Sheldon and Alison Lawrence

Ch 15 Assessing Anti-Competitive Behavior in a Postal Market

Mary Davies

Ch 16 Price Discrimination in the Postal Sector and Competition Law

Damien Geradin

Ch 17 Price Discrimination and Price Differentiation Within Direct Mail

Felipe Flórez Duncan, Dawn Longman, Leonardo Mautino and Paul Dudley

Ch 18 The Economics of Postal Payment Channels and EU Postal VAT

Tim Walsh

Ch 19 Impact of VAT Exemptions in the Postal Sector on Competition and Welfare

Helmut Dietl, Christian Jaag, Markus Lang, Martin Lutzenberger and Urs Trinkner

Ch 20 Competition and Regulation in the Italian Postal Market

Vincenzo Visco Comandini and Francesca Mazzarella

Ch 21 Strategic Responses to Recession: A Comparison of the United States Postal Service to Leading Companies

Norma Nieto, Keith Strange and William Takis

Ch 22 The United States Postal Service Business Model: Lessons from the American Railroad Industry?

David Levy and Matthew D. Field

Ch 23 Financial Inclusion and Postal Banking: Is the Survival of Posts Also There?

José Ansón and Jolle Toledano

Ch 24 The Dual Trend Towards Operational Efficiencies and Social Regulation in European Postal Services

Dominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger

Ch 25 Sustainable Growth and the Postal Sector: Universal Service versus Environmental Protection

François Boldron, Claire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Denis Joram, Bernard Roy and Philippe De Donder

Ch 26 Offering Sensor Network Services Using the Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet

Michael J. Ravnitzky

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