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Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector

  • Addresses issues of current interest to scholars and decision-makers implementing postal sector reform throughout the world, especially in the European Commission
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP, volume 49)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Universal Service Obligation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Universal Service Obligations in the Postal Sector

      • Xavier Ambrosini, François Boldron, Bernard Roy
      Pages 23-37
    3. On the Use of Cost Functions in the Assessment of the Impact of Liberalization on Postal Universal Service Burden

      • Stefano Gori, Emiliano Piccinin, Simona Romito, Gennaro Scarfiglieri
      Pages 59-74
    4. Estimating the Net Cost of the

      • George Houpis, Almudena Lara, Mark Williams
      Pages 89-101
    5. Assessing the Cost of the Portuguese Postal Network

      • Ricardo Goulão Santos, Alberto Pimenta, Sofia Beatriz Henriques
      Pages 103-120
  3. Access and Worksharing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Establishing Non-uniform Access Prices in the UK

      • Roger Hill, Richard Robinson
      Pages 123-140
    3. Worksharing: How Much Productive Efficiency, at What Cost and at What Price?

      • Robert H. Cohen, Matthew H. Robinson, John D. Waller, Spyros S. Xenakis
      Pages 141-152
    4. Regulating Access to Stimulate Competition in Postal Markets?

      • Paul W. J. de Bijl, Eric van Damme, Pierre Larouche
      Pages 153-172
    5. Enhancing Competition by Unbundling the Postal Administration

      • John Haldi, William J. Olson
      Pages 173-189
  4. Liberalization and Quality of Service

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. The Economic Implications of Quality of Service Regulation in a Liberalized Postal Market

      • Tom Balogh, Richard Moriarty, Paul Smith, Roisin Doherty, Ian Leigh
      Pages 193-208
  5. Pricing Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Pricing and Welfare Implications of Alternative Approaches to Setting Price Controls in the Postal Sector

      • Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley, Frank Rodriguez
      Pages 227-247
    3. Pricing the Last Mile in the Postal Sector

      • Cátia Felisberto, Matthias Finger, Beat Friedli, Daniel Krähenbühl, Urs Trinkner
      Pages 249-264

About this book

The European Commission and its member states, along with many others, are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of the postal sector while maintaining the universal service obligation. This book addresses some of these concerns. It is comprised of original essays chosen from among several dozen presented at the 13th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, which was held in Antwerp, Belgium, in June, 2005.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Research in Regulated Industries Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Michael A. Crew

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

    Paul R. Kleindorfer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Progress toward Liberalization 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/10.1007/978-0-387-29744-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-29743-9Published: 30 November 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3998-2Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-29744-6Published: 11 May 2007

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 400

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Management

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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