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Title Regulatory and economic challenges in the postal and delivery sector / edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer
Published New York, NY : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 412 pages) : illustrations
Series Topics in regulatory economics and policy series ; TREP48
Topics in regulatory economics and policy ; 48.
Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Authors -- Sponsors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Competition, Universal Service and the Graveyard Spiral -- 2. Will Entrants into a Liberalized Delivery Market Attract Investors -- 3. Liberalization and Regulation of the Swiss Letter Market -- 4. The Financial Equilibrium of Universal Service Providers in a Liberalized Postal Market -- 5. Barriers to Entry in Post and Regulatory Responses -- 6. Competition and the Coverage of Price Controls in the Postal Sector -- 7. Worksharing, Pricing and Competition in the Postal Sector -- 8. Access Pricing in the Postal Sector: Results from a Model with Bypass and Customer Direct Access -- 9. Delivery Costs II: Back to Parametric Models -- 10. Delivery Costs for Postal Services in the UK: Some Results on Scale Economies with Panel Data -- 11. The Effects of Worksharing and Other Product Innovations on U.S. Postal Volumes and Revenues -- 12. ETOEs: Arbitrageurs or Vehicles of Change in Postal Liberalization? -- 13. Universal Service Providers: Defensive Moves on the Level Playing Field -- 14. Selective Rate Discounts To Preserve First-Class Mail Volume -- 15. Possible End Games in the European Postal Market: Qui Bone? -- 16. Postal Liberalization in the EU: A Small Step in Weights, a Giant Leap for the Market -- 17. Paper or Electronic? Preferred and Disfavored Reception Channels for Direct Marketing -- 18. The Role of Pilot Projects in Facilitating Changes in Work Organization in the Postal Sector: Canadian Case Study -- 19. Power and Discretion in Independent Regulation: The Case of Portuguese Communications Markets
Summary Worldwide, there is considerable interest in postal and delivery economics. Governments, particularly in the European Union, are examining closely the roles of the two systems and how best to regulate them. This volume brings together 20 essays originally presented at the 12th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Cork, Ireland in June 2004. Contributors include researchers, practitioners, and senior managers from throughout the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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In Springer e-books
Subject Postal service -- International cooperation -- Congresses
Postal conventions -- Congresses
Postal service -- Law and legislation -- Congresses
Postal service -- Economic aspects
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
Postal service -- Law and legislation.
Postal service -- Economic aspects.
Postal service -- International cooperation.
Postal conventions.
Affaires.
Science économique.
Economie de l'entreprise.
Postal conventions
Postal service -- Economic aspects
Postal service -- International cooperation
Postal service -- Law and legislation
Regulering.
Postwezen.
Genre/Form Electronic books
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Crew, Michael A
Kleindorfer, Paul R
ISBN 0387236376
9780387236377
1402079729
9781402079726
6610147817
9786610147816