Benefit-Cost Regulation of Negotiated Service Agreements

David M. Levy, Joy M. Leong, Lawrence G. Buc and Michael K. Plunkett
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David M. Levy: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Joy M. Leong: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Lawrence G. Buc: SLS Consulting Inc.
Michael K. Plunkett: United States Postal Service

Chapter Chapter 20 in Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2006, pp 341-357 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract During the past 30 years, many regulatory commissions have abandoned their traditional hostility to customized rate and service contracts between regulated carriers or public utilities and individual customers. In 2002, the U. S. Postal Rate Commission (“PRC”) joined this trend, announcing that the PRC would look favorably on Negotiated Service Agreements (“NSAs”) between the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) and individual mailers. To date, however, the NSA mechanism has failed to live up to its potential. In contrast to the flourishing of customized contracts in other industries, only four NSAs with USPS have received regulatory approval in the past three years.

Keywords: Transaction Cost; Price Discrimination; Service Change; Interstate Commerce Commission; Volume Discount (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29744-6_20

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