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Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector
Edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer
orldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing strategies, and the principles that should govern the introduction of competition. Collected here are responses to these questions in the form of 24 essays written by researchers, practitioners, and senior managers from throughout the world.
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- Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector
- COPYRIGHT
- Contents
- List of contributors
- List of sponsors
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Regulation and the USO under Entry
- Chapter 2: Social Costs and Benefits of the Universal Service Obligation in the Postal Market
- Chapter 3: The Distribution of Post Offices in Italy and the United States
- Chapter 4: Accessibility of the Postal Retail Network, Social Cohesion and Economic Development
- Chapter 5: Forecast Uncertainty in Dynamic Models: An Application to the Demand for Mail
- Chapter 6: The Impact of Economic and Demographic Dispersion on Aggregate Mail Volumes
- Chapter 7: Substitution of Letter Mail for Different Sender–Receiver Segments
- Chapter 8: Empirical Analysis of Service Quality in Japan's Small Package Market
- Chapter 9: Access, Bypass and Productivity Gains in Competitive Postal Markets
- Chapter 10: Pricing in Competitive Two-Sided Mail Markets
- Chapter 11: Pricing, Welfare and Organisational Constraints for Postal Operators
- Chapter 12: National Postal Strategies after a Full Postal Market Opening
- Chapter 13: Postcodes in Competitive Postal Markets: Is There a Case for Regulation?
- Chapter 14: Negotiated Volume Discounts in a Regulated Post
- Chapter 15: Development of Competition in EU Postal Markets: The Influence of the Regulatory Framework on the Pattern of Competition
- Chapter 16: An Incentive Regime for Quality of Service of Universal Service Providers in the Postal Sector
- Chapter 17: The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Some Consequences
- Chapter 18: The Proper Scope of the Rules on Abuse of Dominant Position in a Liberalized Postal Services Market
- Chapter 19: Licensing Regimes in the Postal Sector: The Impact of the Recent EC Proposal for a Third Postal Directive
- Chapter 20: Waiting for ‘Rowland Hill’ – Elements of Reform of Postal Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 21: Are There Economies of Scale in Mail Processing? Getting the Answers from a Large-but-Dirty Sample
- Chapter 22: The Accounting Implications of the EU’s Third Postal Directive
- Chapter 23: Tradeoffs in Product Costing: The Statistical Impact of Cost Pool Formation Decisions
- Chapter 24: Data Requirements for Cost Accounting in the Mail Communication System
- Index
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- 31 Jan 2008
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- Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector
- COPYRIGHT
- Contents
- List of contributors
- List of sponsors
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Regulation and the USO under Entry
- Chapter 2: Social Costs and Benefits of the Universal Service Obligation in the Postal Market
- Chapter 3: The Distribution of Post Offices in Italy and the United States
- Chapter 4: Accessibility of the Postal Retail Network, Social Cohesion and Economic Development
- Chapter 5: Forecast Uncertainty in Dynamic Models: An Application to the Demand for Mail
- Chapter 6: The Impact of Economic and Demographic Dispersion on Aggregate Mail Volumes
- Chapter 7: Substitution of Letter Mail for Different Sender–Receiver Segments
- Chapter 8: Empirical Analysis of Service Quality in Japan's Small Package Market
- Chapter 9: Access, Bypass and Productivity Gains in Competitive Postal Markets
- Chapter 10: Pricing in Competitive Two-Sided Mail Markets
- Chapter 11: Pricing, Welfare and Organisational Constraints for Postal Operators
- Chapter 12: National Postal Strategies after a Full Postal Market Opening
- Chapter 13: Postcodes in Competitive Postal Markets: Is There a Case for Regulation?
- Chapter 14: Negotiated Volume Discounts in a Regulated Post
- Chapter 15: Development of Competition in EU Postal Markets: The Influence of the Regulatory Framework on the Pattern of Competition
- Chapter 16: An Incentive Regime for Quality of Service of Universal Service Providers in the Postal Sector
- Chapter 17: The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Some Consequences
- Chapter 18: The Proper Scope of the Rules on Abuse of Dominant Position in a Liberalized Postal Services Market
- Chapter 19: Licensing Regimes in the Postal Sector: The Impact of the Recent EC Proposal for a Third Postal Directive
- Chapter 20: Waiting for ‘Rowland Hill’ – Elements of Reform of Postal Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 21: Are There Economies of Scale in Mail Processing? Getting the Answers from a Large-but-Dirty Sample
- Chapter 22: The Accounting Implications of the EU’s Third Postal Directive
- Chapter 23: Tradeoffs in Product Costing: The Statistical Impact of Cost Pool Formation Decisions
- Chapter 24: Data Requirements for Cost Accounting in the Mail Communication System
- Index