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New Business and Regulatory Strategies in the Postal Sector

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Editors:
  1. Pier Luigi Parcu

    1. Florence School of Regulation – Communications and Media, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy

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  2. Timothy J. Brennan

    1. School of Public Policy, UMBC, Baltimore, USA

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  3. Victor Glass

    1. Rutgers Business School, Newark, USA

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  • Addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services through the world
  • Analyzes and advances new directions for public policy shift in postal delivery?
  • Provides perspectives from an international panel of academics, industry researchers, and senior industry management

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

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Postal Operators as “Ground Based” Online Platforms?

    • Paula Gori, Pier Luigi Parcu
    Pages 1-14

  3. Inducing Optimal Quality Under Price Caps: Why, How, and Whether

    • Timothy J. Brennan
    Pages 15-28

  4. Challenges of Regulating Quality of Service in the Postal Industry

    • Henrik Ballebye Okholm, Bruno Basalisco, Anna Möller Boivie, Jimmy Gårdebrink
    Pages 29-43

  5. Creating Last-Mile Incentives from Inside-Out. A Template Drawn from Rural Telecom

    • Victor Glass
    Pages 45-54

  6. Crowdsourcing the Last Mile

    • Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin, Mary K. Perkins
    Pages 55-66

  7. Lessons from Other Network Industries: Should Posts Seek to Collaborate More in the Last Mile?

    • Adam Houck, Bernhard Bukovc
    Pages 67-78

  8. Consolidation in Urban Logistics: What Could We Learn from Past Experiences and Economy Theory?

    • Claire Borsenberger
    Pages 79-89

  9. Design and Enforcement of Compensation Funds After Confetra: A Legal and Economic Analysis

    • Alessandra Fratini, Marc Chovino
    Pages 91-104

  10. Is the Compensation Fund an Appropriate Tool for Financing Universal Postal Service Obligations?

    • Vincenzo Visco-Comandini
    Pages 105-118

  11. Compensation Fund in Postal Service: A Step Forward After the Polish Case

    • S. Romito, S. Gori, A. Rovero
    Pages 119-130

  12. Open-Data: A Solution When Data Constitutes an Essential Facility?

    • Claire Borsenberger, Mathilde Hoang, Denis Joram
    Pages 131-142

  13. Vertical Integration in the E-Commerce Sector

    • Claire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Denis Joram, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur
    Pages 143-160

  14. Prices and Conditions of Access to the Postal Network: The Principle of Non-Discrimination

    • Til Rozman
    Pages 161-174

  15. The Impact of Increasing Competition for Non-Contract Parcels on Postal Prices and Efficiency Decisions

    • Philippe De Donder, Frank Rodriguez, Soterios Soteri
    Pages 175-189

  16. Disoriented No More: An Economics Compass for the EU’s Cost Orientation Principle

    • Henrik Ballebye Okholm, Mindaugas Cerpickis, Bruno Basalisco
    Pages 191-206

  17. How Price Sensitive Is Letter Advertising Mail in the UK?

    • Frédérique Fève, Thierry Magnac, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Soterios Soteri
    Pages 207-217

  18. Brand, Product Differentiation and Postal Market Outcomes

    • Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis, Ellie Monaghan
    Pages 219-233

  19. E-Government: A Curse or an Opportunity for Posts?

    • Blandine Eggrickx, Olaf Klargaard, Marine Lefort, Philippe Régnard
    Pages 235-249

  20. Relating Postal Activity to the Business Cycle by Linear Regression with Integral Equations

    • Katalin K. Clendenin, Soiliou D. Namoro, Edward S. Pearsall
    Pages 251-268
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About this book

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Worldwide, there is currently a considerable amount of interest in postal and delivery economics. The industry is reacting to a state of near crisis and is implementing different drastic changes. The European Commission and member States are still wrestling with the problem of how to implement entry liberalization into postal markets, how to address digital competition, and how to maintain the universal service obligation (USO). The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 in the U.S. has perhaps created and exacerbated the problems faced by USPS.

Digitalisation, technological development and online platforms are strongly affecting both the way postal and delivery operators are managing their services as well as their role on the market. Strong emphasis was attributed to the assets of Postal Operators (POs) and their added value in the digital age as well as on new business strategies.

This volume presents original essays by prominent researchers in the field, selected and edited from papers presented at this year’s 26th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Split, Croatia, from May 30- June 2, 2018.Topics addressed by this volume include quality of service, last mile solutions, and competition in the liberalized market. This book will be a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors, but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Florence School of Regulation – Communications and Media, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy

    Pier Luigi Parcu

  • School of Public Policy, UMBC, Baltimore, USA

    Timothy J. Brennan

  • Rutgers Business School, Newark, USA

    Victor Glass

About the editors

Pier Luigi Parcu is part-time Professor at the European University Institute (EUI) from 2010. He is currently Area Director of the FSR Communications & Media, Director of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and Director of the Florence Competition Programme in Law and Economics.  He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). His research in the area of industrial organization and law and economics focuses on the interaction between regulation and antitrust in shaping firms’ behaviour. As regards research in the media and Internet areas, Professor Parcu’s interests focus on the effects of ownership concentration and internal governance of the media enterprise on pluralism and freedom of expression and on the influence of offline business models on new economic developments related to online platforms, smart cities and artificial intelligence.

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