Economics of Post Office Networks: Strategic Issues and the Impact on Mail Demand

Martin Buser, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

No 8, Working Papers from Swiss Economics

Abstract: The paper analyzes recent restructurings of post office networks. Based on these findings an on a time-series estimation of the impact of Swiss Post?s recent realignment of its network on overall mail demand we derive three generic strategies for the long term alignment of Post office networks.

Keywords: post office network; restructuring; mail demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L51 M38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007-09, Revised 2007-12
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Published in Handbook of Global Postal Reform, edited by M. A. Crew, P. R. Kleindorfer, and J. Campbell. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 80-97

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