Pricing the Last Mile in the Postal Sector

Cátia Felisberto, Matthias Finger, Beat Friedli, Daniel Krähenbühl and Urs Trinkner
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Cátia Felisberto: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérate Lausanne (EPFL)
Matthias Finger: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérate Lausanne (EPFL)
Beat Friedli: Swiss Post
Daniel Krähenbühl: Swiss Post

Chapter Chapter 15 in Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2006, pp 249-264 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper explores whether it would be commercially interesting for historical postal operators to price the “postal last mile”. By introducing the receiver pays principle it identifies an approach which could lead to a number of innovations in service arrangements and in financing the universal service obligation (USO).

Keywords: Price Elasticity; Price Scheme; Postal Operator; Delivery Cost; Flat Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29744-6_15

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