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Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Michael A. Crew

    1. Center for Research in Regulated Industries Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

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  2. Paul R. Kleindorfer

    1. Risk Management and Decision Process Center The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP, volume 46)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Access and Financial Viability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Access and the USO for Letters and Parcels

      • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
      Pages 3-41

    3. Access and (Non-)Uniform Pricing in the Postal Sector

      • Etienne Billette de Villemeur, Helmuth Cremer, Bernard Roy, Joëlle Toledano
      Pages 43-68

    4. Access Pricing and the Uniform Tariff in the Postal Sector

      • Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Frank Rodriguez
      Pages 69-86

    5. Is Mandatory Access in the Postal Sector the Key to Success?

      • Nick van der Lijn, Arno Meijer
      Pages 87-103

    6. Financial Viability of the Universal Postal Service Provider

      • Gonzales d’Alcantara, Bernard Amerlynck
      Pages 105-120

    7. An Empirical Analysis of the Graveyard Spiral

      • Robert Cohen, Matthew Robinson, Renee Sheehy, John Waller, Spyros Xenakis
      Pages 121-142

    8. RPI — X Price Control Regulation in the Postal Sector

      • Luis Correia da Silva, Paul Dudley, Leonardo Mautino, Sophie Richard
      Pages 143-164

    9. Testing for Anti-Competitive Behavior in Public Enterprises

      • Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin, Mary Perkins
      Pages 165-183

    10. An Evaluation of U.S. Postal Service Worksharing

      • John Haldi, William J. Olson
      Pages 185-196

  3. National and International Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. The WTO Doha Development Agenda

      • Anthony Alverno, Allison Levy
      Pages 199-221

    3. A License to Mail

      • Ralph Carter, Rutger Goethart, Cecilia Kindstrand, Annette Meijer, Mark van der Horst
      Pages 223-239

    4. International Postal Arrangements, Trade, and Competition Law

      • Greg Harford, Wendy Eitan
      Pages 241-258

    5. A Brief Survey of the USO and Prospects for a Global USO

      • Pekka Leskinen
      Pages 259-267

    6. A Production Model of Service Quality at An Post

      • Gregory Swinand
      Pages 269-285

    7. Evolution and Analysis of the Market Structure of Postal Services in Spain

      • Alvaro Escribano, Patricia González, Julio Lasheras
      Pages 287-309

    8. Regulating Access to Postal Networks in the European Union

      • Juan J. Montero
      Pages 311-332

  4. Modernizing the P.O.

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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About this book

Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insights of leading researchers and practitioners into strategy and regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include national and international perspectives, financial viability, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, the nature and role of cost and demand analysis in postal service, productivity, interaction of law and economics, human resources, transition and reform issues. The papers in the book were selected from the papers presented at the 11th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, Toledo, Spain, June 4-7, 2003.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Research in Regulated Industries Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Michael A. Crew

  • Risk Management and Decision Process Center The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Paul R. Kleindorfer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector

  • Editors: Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer

  • Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8915-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7702-9Published: 30 November 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4718-7Published: 21 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8915-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 390

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, Microeconomics

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