Reinventing the postal sector in an electronic age

9. How many outlets if the USP does not face any USO? : a cross-country comparison / Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Bernard Roy -- 10. Costing the universal service : evaluating the demand response / Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel -- 11. State funding and cost sharing o...

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Main Author: Crew, Michael A.
Other Authors: Kleindorfer, Paul R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar Pub 2011
Series:Advances in regulatory economics series
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:9. How many outlets if the USP does not face any USO? : a cross-country comparison / Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Bernard Roy -- 10. Costing the universal service : evaluating the demand response / Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel -- 11. State funding and cost sharing of the USO under the 2008 EU Postal Services Directive / Richard Eccles -- 12. Econometric models and the evolution of the French post office network / François Boldron ... [et al.] -- 13. Evaluating the demand effects of reductions in the frequency of delivery service / Edward S. Pearsall and Charles L. Trozzo -- 14. The UK service obligation : what do the public think and how do they value it? / Rob Sheldon and Alison Lawrence -- 15. Assessing anti-competitive behavior in a postal market / Mary Davies -- 16. Price discrimination in the postal sector and competition law / Damien Geradin --
This compilation of original essays by an international cast of economists, regulators and industry practitioners analyzes some of the major issues now facing postal and delivery services throughout the world as competition from information and communication technologies has increased
17. Price discrimination and price differentiation within direct mail / Felipe Flórez Duncan ... [et al.] -- 18. The economics of postal payment channels and EU postal VAT / Tim Walsh -- 19. Impact of VAT exemptions in the postal sector on competition and welfare / Helmut Dietl ... [et al.] -- 20. Competition and regulation in the Italian postal market / Vincenzo Visco Comandini and Francesca Mazzarella -- 21. Strategic responses to recession : a comparison of the United States Postal Service to leading companies / Norma Nieto, Keith Strange and William Takis -- 22. The United States Postal Service business model : lessons from the American railroad industry? / David M. Levy and Matthew D. Field -- 23. Financial inclusion and postal banking : is the survival of posts also there? / José Ansón and Jo lle Toledano -- 24. The dual trend towards operational efficiencies and social regulation in European postal services / Dominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger --
25. Sustainable growth and the postal sector : universal service versus environmental protection / François Boldron ... [et al.] -- 26. Offering sensor network services using the postal delivery vehicle fleet / Michael J. Ravnitzky
1. Competitive strategies under FMO and intermodal competition / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- 2. Invoicing in 16 European countries / Kari Elkelä -- 3. Does the level of price elasticity change with the progression of substitution? / Heikki Nikali -- 4. Understanding the impact of e-substitution on letter mail volumes : a multi-country panel study / Meloria Meschi ... [et al.] -- 5. The future of the Portuguese postal sector and the role of CTT / Alberto Pimenta and António Manuel Amaral -- 6. Optimal pricing for mail and welfare implications in a communications market / Philippe De Donder ... [et al.] -- 7. UK letter mail demand : a content-based time-series analysis using overlapping market survey statistical techniques / Catherine Cazals ... [et al.] -- 8. Postal markets and electronic substitution : implications for regulatory practices and institutions in Europe / Martin Maegli ... [et al.] --
Physical Description:ix, 379 p
ISBN:9781849803601
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