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Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector

  • Michael A. Crew
  • Paul R. Kleindorfer
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Part of the Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy book series (TREP, volume 49)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. Universal Service Obligation

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Welfare Effects of Entry and Strategies for Maintaining the USO in the Postal Sector
      Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
      Pages 3-22
    3. Universal Service Obligations in the Postal Sector
      Xavier Ambrosini, François Boldron, Bernard Roy
      Pages 23-37
    4. Profitability of the Universal Service Postal Provider Under Entry with Economies of Scale in Collection and Delivery
      Gonzales d’Alcantara, Bernard Amerlynck
      Pages 39-57
    5. 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
    6. Questioning the Monopoly-Supported Postal USO in Developing Countries
      Charles Kenny
      Pages 75-87
    7. Estimating the Net Cost of the
      George Houpis, Almudena Lara, Mark Williams
      Pages 89-101
    8. 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
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    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
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    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
    3. Estimation of Consumers’ Willingness-to-pay for Quality of Service in Post
      Gregory Swinand, Siôn Jones
      Pages 209-223

  5. Pricing Issues

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 225-225
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    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

  6. Demand Studies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 265-265
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    2. Forecasting Swiss Mail Demand
      Urs Trinkner, Martin Grossmann
      Pages 267-280
    3. Generational Analysis of Mail Users
      Luis Jimenez, Elena Diakova, Chrystal Szeto
      Pages 281-300

  7. Legal and Regulatory Issues

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 301-301
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    2. The New EC Framework for State Aid to Public Service and the Postal Sector
      Alessandra Fratini, Fabio Filpo
      Pages 303-320
    3. Postal Services Regulation In Europe
      Richard Eccles, Pauline Kuipers
      Pages 321-339
    4. Benefit-Cost Regulation of Negotiated Service Agreements
      David M. Levy, Joy M. Leong, Lawrence G. Buc, Michael K. Plunkett
      Pages 341-357
    5. The “Real” Graveyard Spiral
      Per Jonsson, Sten Selander
      Pages 359-366

  8. Postal Reform in Japan

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 367-367
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    2. Competition Structure and Future Postal Reform in Japan
      Shoji Maruyama
      Pages 369-384
    3. The Privatization of Japan Post
      Amelia Porges, Joy M. Leong
      Pages 385-400

About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

Monopol Post competition liberalization regulation strategy

Editors and affiliations

  • Michael A. Crew
    • 1
  • Paul R. Kleindorfer
    • 2
  1. 1.Center for Research in Regulated Industries Rutgers Business SchoolRutgers UniversityNewarkUSA
  2. 2.Risk Management and Decision Processes Center The Wharton SchoolUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29744-6
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006
  • Publisher Name Springer, Boston, MA
  • eBook Packages Business and Economics
  • Print ISBN 978-0-387-29743-9
  • Online ISBN 978-0-387-29744-6
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