Multi-Modal Competition and the Future of Mail

Edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This compilation of original papers selected from the 19th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics and authored by an international cast of economists, lawyers, regulators and industry practitioners addresses perhaps the most significant problem that has ever faced the postal sector – electronic competition from information and communication technologies. This has increased significantly over the last few years with a consequent serious drop in mail volume.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780857935816
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Non-linear Pricing, Volume Discounts and the USO under Entry

Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

Ch 2 Price Differentiation: What is Acceptable for a Universal Service Provider?

Richard Eccles

Ch 3 Postal Price Regulation in a Competitive Environment

Ralf Wojtek and Martin Zauner

Ch 4 Failure to Implement the Postal Directive in the EU and EEA: Public and Private Enforcement of State Liability

Alessandra Fratini and Mariacristina Bottino

Ch 5 Forecasting Letter Volumes: Augmenting Econometric Baseline Projections

Vance Martin, Chris Paterson and Jessie Xiaokang Wang

Ch 6 Uncertainty and Projections of the Demand for Mail

Frédérique Fève, Jean-Pierre Florens, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Frank Rodriguez, Soterios Steri and Frank Rodriguez

Ch 7 Do Volume Increases and Decreases Have the Same Effect on Labor Hours?

Michael Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins

Ch 8 A Panel Data Analysis of Inefficiency and Heterogeneity in the Postal Sector

Catherine Cazals, Paul Dudley, Jean-Pierre Florens and Michael Jones

Ch 9 Affordability of Postal Services Addressed to Households

Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Lise Martin

Ch 10 Towards a 21st Century Postal Service

John C. Panzar

Ch 11 Privatization: Could the Benefits Seen in Other Network Industries be Realized in Postal Industries?

Stuart Holder and Helen Smith

Ch 12 The Confluence of the Postal Sector with the Internet Economy and Regulation

John Hearn

Ch 13 Allocating Cost between Universal Services and Services Outside the Scope of Universal Service

Heikki Nikali, Kari Elkelä, Pekka Leskinen, Peter Karlsson and Paivi Rokkanen

Ch 14 Price-cap Regulation in the Postal Sector: Single versus Multiple Baskets

Claire Borsenberger, Sébastien Bréville, Helmuth Cremer, Denis Joram and Philippe De Donder

Ch 15 Optimal Pricing of Mail in the Transactional Market and Welfare for the Wider Communications Market

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

Ch 16 A Market Study of Packets and Parcels Services

Stephen Gibson and Nancy Race

Ch 17 Defending Mail Markets Against New Entrants: An Application of the Defender Model

Christian Jaag, Helmut Dietl, Urs Trinkner and Oliver Furst

Ch 18 Liberalization and Postal Workers

Henrik B. Okholm and Anna Möller

Ch 19 Government Use of the Postal System: An Ignored USO Component

Michael J Ravnitzky and J.P. Klingenberg

Ch 20 UPU Terminal Dues: Winners and Losers

James I Campbell, Alex Kalevi Dieke and Martin Zauner

Ch 21 On the Use of Reverse Auctions to Designate Universal Postal Service Providers

Carlos Costa

Ch 22 Priority and Non-Priority Services: Returning to the Origins?

Filipa Silva

Ch 23 Understanding Consumer Preferences for Paper and Digital Marketing Channels

Kari Elkelä

Ch 24 Accounting for Behavioral Biases for Non-biased Demand Estimations

Meloria Meschi and Carla Pace

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