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Economists generally agree that scope and scale economies in the postal sector are concentrated mainly in distribution and counter activities. Numerous empirical studies highlight returns to scale in distribution (see, for example, Rogerson and Takis, 1993; Bradley and Colvin, 1993; Cazals, DeRycke, Florens and Rouzaud 1997; Roy 1999; Cazals, Florens and Roy 2001) but few studies are interested in counter activities.
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Cazals, C., Duchemin, P., Florens, JP., Roy, B., Vialaneix, O. (2002). An Econometric Study of Cost Elasticity in the Activities of Post Office Counters. In: Crew, M.A., Kleindorfer, P.R. (eds) Postal and Delivery Services. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0253-7_9
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