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A prior study by the authors (Haldi and Schmidt, 1999) focused on the relatively high cost to the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) to collect postal revenues in the retail mail segment through stamps as compared to meters.1 That study also referenced the incentives that various European postal administrations offer mailers to encourage meter use and reduce the high transaction costs of revenue collection through stamps. The scope of this study is somewhat broader.
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Haldi, J., Schmidt, J.T. (2000). Controlling Postal Retail Transaction Costs and Improving Customer Access to Postal Products. In: Crew, M.A., Kleindorfer, P.R. (eds) Current Directions in Postal Reform. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4481-4_20
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