The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

Edited by Michael A. Crew and Timothy J. J. Brennan

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail services in a digital age.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781782546337
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Gross substitutes versus marginal substitutes: implications for market definition in the postal sector , pp 1-15

Timothy Brennan and Michael A. Crew

Ch 2 A business model for USPS , pp 16-27

Michael A. Crew and R. Richard Geddes

Ch 3 Is demand for market-dominant products of the United States Postal Service becoming more own-price elastic? , pp 28-45

A. Thomas Bozzo, Kristen L. Capogrossi, B. Kelly Eakin, John Pickett and Mithuna Srinivasan

Ch 4 Are US postal price elasticities changing? , pp 46-64

Margaret M. Cigno, Katalin K. Clendenin and Edward S. Pearsall

Ch 5 Estimating postal demand elasticities using the PCAIDS method , pp 65-74

Gregory Swinand and Hugh Hennessy

Ch 6 Pricing of delivery services in the e-commerce sector , pp 75-92

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

Ch 7 The regulatory treatment of end-to-end competition in the UK postal sector , pp 93-105

Richard Eccles

Ch 8 The proposed directive on the award of concession contracts: implications for USO entrustment and compensation , pp 106-115

Alessandra Fratini

Ch 9 Application of EU competition law in the postal sector: overview of recent cases , pp 116-130

Damien Geradin and Christos Malamataris

Ch 10 Re-regulation for parcel delivery in the e-commerce context? , pp 131-145

Joost Vantomme

Ch 11 Delivering the goods to households: would further regulation help or hinder? , pp 146-160

John Hearn

Ch 12 The 'national champion' approach to postal operators: the case of the Netherlands , pp 161-173

Benjamin Gough

Ch 13 On alternative USO financing mechanisms for the US postal market , pp 174-188

Michael Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins

Ch 14 The net cost of the USO under the profitability cost approach: implications of labor market conditions for the net cost calculation , pp 189-203

Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel

Ch 15 Regulation and the burden of the net cost resulting from the Universal Service Obligation , pp 204-213

Christian Jaag, Urs Trinkner and Topias Uotila

Ch 16 Net cost calculation: a practical example concerning La Poste and its territorial presence obligation , pp 214-226

Frédéric Fustier, Lionel Janin and Racha Sahly

Ch 17 Calculating the net cost of home delivery obligations , pp 227-239

Andreas Haller, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

Ch 18 Peer-to-peer digital commerce: implications and opportunities for the US Postal Service and other posts , pp 240-252

Laraine Balk Hope, Virgil Ian Stanford and Bruce Marsh

Ch 19 Leveraging the postal infrastructure for the authentication of individuals toward an online government service provision , pp 253-266

Caroline Sheedy and Maria Moloney

Ch 20 Accessibility/proximity in the digital age: what does it mean for postal networks and postal services? , pp 267-279

Claire Borsenberger

Ch 21 Digitalization of consumer invoices: a comparative study , pp 280-293

Kari Elkelä, Heikki Nikali and Chris J. Paterson

Ch 22 Eat or be eaten: the implications of strategic cannibalization and transformation for the United States Postal Service , pp 294-304

Adam C. Houck

Ch 23 Finding the conditions for a successful social redeployment combined with diversification of activities , pp 305-316

Dominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger

Ch 24 Transparency and non-discrimination in postal pricing , pp 317-328

Joakim Levin, Åsa Gustafsson, Anders Hildingsson and Sten Selander

Ch 25 The costs, functions and pricing of postal payment channels , pp 329-348

Tim Walsh

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