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Future Directions in Postal Reform

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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 38)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Regulation and Liberalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Difficulties of Deregulation When Wage Costs are the Major Cost

      • Michael L. Wachter, Barry T. Hirsch, James W. Gillula
      Pages 3-24

    3. Estimation of the Potential Impact of Cross-Border Liberalization

      • Ian Reay, Richard Robinson, Frank Rodriguez, Paul Liddiard
      Pages 25-36

    4. A Critique of the Theory of Incentive Regulation

      • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
      Pages 37-65

    5. Preparing the Postal Service’s Rate Structures for Competition

      • Robert W. Mitchell
      Pages 67-82

    6. Regulatory and Governance Changes in Liberalized, Commercialized Postal Environments

      • Robert M. Campbell
      Pages 83-98

  3. Universal Service Obligation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Funding Universal Service Obligations

      • John C. Panzar
      Pages 101-115

    3. Whither the USO under Competitive Entry

      • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
      Pages 117-140

    4. Uniform Pricing and Postal Market Liberalization

      • Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Pierre Florens, André Grimaud, Frank Rodriguez
      Pages 141-162

    5. The Role of the Monopoly Product in the Cost of Universal Service

      • Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin
      Pages 163-180

    6. The Regulatory Framework for Postal Markets in Germany

      • Cara Schwarz-Schilling
      Pages 181-194

  4. Analysis of Demand and Cost

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. An Analysis of Some Specific Cost Drivers in the Delivery Activity

      • Catherine Cazals, Jean-Pierre Florens, Bernard Roy
      Pages 197-211

    3. Mail Use by Firms

      • Marc De Rycke, Sarah Marcy, Jean-Pierre Florens
      Pages 213-232

    4. The Demand for Direct Mail in Portugal

      • Ricardo Goulão Santos, Sérgio Chilra Lagao
      Pages 233-253

    5. Postal Profits Arise where People Are

      • Gennaro Scarfiglieri, Vincenzo Visco Comandini
      Pages 255-264

  5. International

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. Reforming the Universal Postal Union

      • James I. Campbell Jr.
      Pages 267-292
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About this book

Future Directions in Postal Reform brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the courier industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, mailers, and lawyers, to examine some of the major policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy; the universal service obligation; regulation; competition, entry, and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; interaction of law and economics; and future technologies and service standards.

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: Future Directions in Postal Reform

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

  • Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1671-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7274-5Published: 31 January 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5670-7Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1671-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 387

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Management

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