Ebook: Commercialization of Postal and Delivery Services: National and International Perspectives

xiii • We have almost the cheapest letter price in the OEeD. • We've quadrupled the retail outlets where you can buy stamps, but closed three quarters of our Post Offices. On time delivery is better than 97%. • The workforce has been reduced by 40%, with a 25% increase in volumes over the period. Real unit costs, measured by total real expenditure divided by total volumes, have been reduced by over 20%. What do these results and achievements mean for policy setters around the world? In particular, do these results for New Zealand Post prove that it is a commercial business, and what are the lessons for other postal businesses? Market Forces New Zealand Post presently has a limited letter monopoly, a 45 cent letter price against an 80 cent competitive floor price. The existence of this level of protection somehow negates the company's commercial achievements. The combination of high efficiency and low prices cannot persuade everyone that the results are not my view, are the only ones that can solely monopoly driven. Market forces, in answer my question: is New Zealand Post a commercial organization? We need the test offree and open competition to see whether we've got the business formula right. Before advancing this argument, which in essence is the case for deregulation, it may be useful to distinguish between market behavior and Post behavior.

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This book brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the express industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers to examine some of the important policy and regulatory issues facing the industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy, including the role of the Universal Postal Union; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards.
This volume follows two earlier volumes by the same editors, Competition and Innovation in Postal Services (1991); and Regulationand the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (1992).

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This book brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the express industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers to examine some of the important policy and regulatory issues facing the industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy, including the role of the Universal Postal Union; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards.
This volume follows two earlier volumes by the same editors, Competition and Innovation in Postal Services (1991); and Regulationand the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (1992).

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
A Review of Efforts to Develop a New Policy Framework for Postal Services in the European Union....Pages 1-25
Deregulation of Australia’s Postal Services....Pages 27-44
The Application of Legal Safeguards Against Predation to the Postal Services Industry....Pages 45-65
Measuring the Performance of the Public Postal Service Provider in Germany....Pages 67-78
Measuring Quality of Service of International Mail....Pages 79-91
Post-Appointment Preference Shaping and Its Influence on Judicial Analysis of Economic Regulation Issues....Pages 93-108
A Consumers’ Group’s View of New Services, Quality, and Regulation....Pages 109-116
Pricing in Postal Service Under Competitive Entry....Pages 117-136
An Econometric Model of Postal Delivery....Pages 137-153
The Scope of the Reserved Area....Pages 155-164
Price Caps for Postal Service....Pages 165-180
Use of Technology Arising from Customers’ Needs....Pages 181-190
On the Structure of Inter-Firm Postal Demand....Pages 191-205
Analysis of Economies of Scale in Small Package Carrier Service in Japan....Pages 207-222
Replacement of Letter Mail by Electronic Communications to the Year 2010....Pages 223-235
Regulation of Unregulated Firms: The Postal Service and UPS....Pages 237-245
Alternative Scenarios for the Reform of Postal Services....Pages 247-267
Aggregate Letter Traffic Demand in the United Kingdom and the Economy....Pages 269-284

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This book brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the express industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers to examine some of the important policy and regulatory issues facing the industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy, including the role of the Universal Postal Union; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards.
This volume follows two earlier volumes by the same editors, Competition and Innovation in Postal Services (1991); and Regulationand the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (1992).

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
A Review of Efforts to Develop a New Policy Framework for Postal Services in the European Union....Pages 1-25
Deregulation of Australia’s Postal Services....Pages 27-44
The Application of Legal Safeguards Against Predation to the Postal Services Industry....Pages 45-65
Measuring the Performance of the Public Postal Service Provider in Germany....Pages 67-78
Measuring Quality of Service of International Mail....Pages 79-91
Post-Appointment Preference Shaping and Its Influence on Judicial Analysis of Economic Regulation Issues....Pages 93-108
A Consumers’ Group’s View of New Services, Quality, and Regulation....Pages 109-116
Pricing in Postal Service Under Competitive Entry....Pages 117-136
An Econometric Model of Postal Delivery....Pages 137-153
The Scope of the Reserved Area....Pages 155-164
Price Caps for Postal Service....Pages 165-180
Use of Technology Arising from Customers’ Needs....Pages 181-190
On the Structure of Inter-Firm Postal Demand....Pages 191-205
Analysis of Economies of Scale in Small Package Carrier Service in Japan....Pages 207-222
Replacement of Letter Mail by Electronic Communications to the Year 2010....Pages 223-235
Regulation of Unregulated Firms: The Postal Service and UPS....Pages 237-245
Alternative Scenarios for the Reform of Postal Services....Pages 247-267
Aggregate Letter Traffic Demand in the United Kingdom and the Economy....Pages 269-284
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