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The Economics of Postal Service

A Research Study supported by WIK

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Michael A. Crew

    1. Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

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  2. Paul R. Kleindorfer

    1. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP, volume 11)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction and Institutional Background

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 1-13

  3. Welfare Economic Foundations

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 15-34

  4. Deterministic Models for Postal Service Pricing

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 35-59

  5. Stochastic Models of Postal Service Pricing

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 61-91

  6. Regulation

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 93-117

  7. Competition and Technological Change

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 119-143

  8. Conclusions, Implications for Policy, and Future Research

    • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    Pages 145-149

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 151-162
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About this book

Postal service has received considerably less attention in the economics literature than traditional public utilities. Postal service is facing some very important challenges arising out of the increasingly high-tech nature of postal service, the entry of competition into the business, and new attitudes on the part of government to postal service. In the United Kingdom and Germany the increased interest in privatization and recognition of the benefits of competition are likely to have an impact on postal service. These challenges mean that postal managers must learn new ways of doing business, not just in successfully introducing new hardware and in new internal operating procedures, but also in the development of new pricing and costing methodologies and in the introduction of new management information systems.
In order to deal with these new developments managers need a solid foundation in applied microeconomic theory as it relates to postal service. This book encompasses the theoretical foundation for postal policy, particularly with regard to pricing, service quality, and competitive issues.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Michael A. Crew

  • Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Paul R. Kleindorfer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Postal Service

  • Book Subtitle: A Research Study supported by WIK

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

  • Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3590-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9274-3Published: 31 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6596-9Published: 22 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3590-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 162

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, Microeconomics

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