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An Examination of the Links Between Postal Price Constraints, Efficiency, Competition and Public Welfare
Philippe Donder, Frank Rodriguez and Soterios Soteri
Liberalization and Regulation of the Swiss Letter Market
Helmut Dietl, Urs Trinkner and Reto Bleisch
The Fading of the Traditional Postal Market Boundaries and a New Role for Postal Operators: A European Perspective
S. Romito, I. Vacca, A. Rovero and Stefano Gori
Crowdsourcing the Last Mile
Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins
Spam or Ham? Assessing the Value of Direct Mail
Henrik B. Okholm, Anna M. Boivie and Signe Rølmer
Double Jeopardy Between Regulatory and Competition Proceedings: The bpost Judgment and the Digital Markets Act
Alessandra Fratini
On the Use of Cost Functions in the Assessment of the Impact of Liberalization on Postal Universal Service Burden
Stefano Gori, Emiliano Piccinin, Simona Romito and Gennaro Scarfiglieri
Which Universal Service Obligation Attributes Do Americans Value?
Jennifer Bradley, Michael D. Bradley and Jeff Colvin
“Is Postal Service a Natural Monopoly?”: A 30-Year Retrospective on Panzar’s Seminal Paper
Victor Glass, Antonio Nicita and Stefano Gori
Entitlement to USO Compensation in the Light of the Recent Caselaw in the Transport Sector
Alessandra Fratini
Quantity Rebate Scheme: Applicability of “per sender” Reasoning for Corporate Groups
Til Rozman
The Anatomy of Institutional and Organizational Failure
Karl A. McDermott and Carl R. Peterson
European Postal Operators’ Diversification Strategies and Implications for Cost Allocation
Antonin Arlandis
Targeting Versus Saturation: Derived Demand for Direct Mail
Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins
An Assessment of USPS’ Negotiated Service Agreements and Platforms’ Direct Entry in Delivery
Victor Glass, Antonio Nicita and Stefano Gori
The Personalization and Volume Trade-Off: A Future Without Saturation Mail?
Michael D. Bradley and Adam C. Houck
Lessons from Other Network Industries: Should Posts Seek to Collaborate More in the Last Mile?
Adam Houck and Bernhard Bukovc
The First Tests of the SGEI Framework in the Postal Sector: Takeaways from the Judgements in the Česká pošta and Post Danmark Cases
Alessandra Fratini and Marc Chovino
‘Where’s My Post?: A Cross-Country Analysis of Delivery Frequency Under the USO’. An Exploration of the Impacts of Changes to Frequency of Delivery Days
Darcey Ferguson and Riya Nagpal
Twenty-Five Years of the National Postal Regulators in the EU: A Critical Review
Mateusz Chołodecki
The Financial Equilibrium of Universal Service Providers in a Liberalized Postal Market
Roger Hill, Richard Robinson and Frank Rodriguez
Questioning the Monopoly-Supported Postal USO in Developing Countries
Charles Kenny
Regulation. Quo Vadis?
John Hearn
Is It Time to Revisit the USPS’ Strategy for Financial Sustainability?
Victor Glass and Stefano Gori
Impact of Market Dynamics on the Net Cost of the USO
Dariusz Nehrebecki, Leonardo Mautino and Gavin Knott
Quality and Pricing of Delivery Services in the E-commerce Sector
Claire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Philippe Donder and Denis Joram
An Economic Perspective on Terminal Dues
Henrik Ballebye Okholm, Bruno Basalisco, Jimmy Gårdebrink and Anna Möller Boivie
Consolidation in Urban Logistics: What Could We Learn from Past Experiences and Economy Theory?
Claire Borsenberger
Separate or Integrated? Least-Cost Parcel Delivery Methods in a Flexible Delivery Environment
Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins
Pricing “Competitive” Postal Products
Timothy Brennan
Locked into an Access Mindframe? Reflections on Access Regulation in Postal and Delivery Based on the Case of Parcel Lockers
M. Cerpickis, S. Tizik, A. M. Boivie, B. Basalisco and H. B. Okholm
Universal Service Vs. Targeted Measures towards Vulnerable People: How to Address Postal Users’ Needs?
Claire Borsenberger and Marine Lefort
Revisiting the Pricing Scheme in the Postal Sector: A Way to Make Postal Activities and USO Financially Sustainable?
Claire Borsenberger and Denis Joram
Ramsey Pricing as a Method to Financing the Universal Service Obligation
Peter Andersson and Pernilla Ivehammar
PAEA’s Take on Regulatory Economics
Edward S. Pearsall
Estimating the Net Cost of the
George Houpis, Almudena Lara and Mark Williams
A Branching AIDS Model for Estimating U.S. Postal Price Elasticities
Lyudmila Y. Bzhilyanskaya, Margaret M. Cigno and Edward S. Pearsall
Innovation, Disruption, and Partnering: Changing the DNA of Posts from the Inside Out
Adam C. Houck
Design and Enforcement of Compensation Funds After Confetra: A Legal and Economic Analysis
Alessandra Fratini and Marc Chovino
Coopetition in the Telecommunications Industry
Menahem Spiegel
Assessing the Recommendations of the President’s Task Force on the Postal Service
Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins
Assessing Diversification in the Postal Sector
Timothy Brennan
A Case Study of Density of Retail Outlets in Portugal: Regulation and Politics in Postal Markets
João Confraria, Vítor Miguel Ribeiro, Agostinho Franco and Frederico Pereira
Retention Ratios in Retail Networks and Their Application to Post Offices
Matthias Hafner, Lory Iunius and Urs Trinkner
Barriers to Entry in Post and Regulatory Responses
Richard Moriarty and Paul Smith
USO Net Costs and Economies of Scope Between Letters and Parcels
Ramon Gmür, Felix Gottschalk, Matthias Hafner and Urs Trinkner
On the Correct Net Avoided Cost (NAC) Methodology to Be Applied in the Postal Sector
Simona Romito, Federico D’Intini and Stefano Gori
Do We Need Regulation for Parcel Lockers?
Xavier Ambrosini, Alice Bermont-Vialatte and Marine Lefort
Are European Cross-Border Parcel Delivery Services Affordable?
Claire Borsenberger
Assessing the Cost of the Portuguese Postal Network
Ricardo Goulão Santos, Alberto Pimenta and Sofia Beatriz Henriques
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