Ebook: Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries

Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries brings together practitioners, postal administrators, the express industry, regulators, economists and lawyers to examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This volume reviews such topics as international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation and competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economics, cost analysis in postal services, and service standards. This book provides a unique perspective on the problems facing postal and delivery networks.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Issues in Measuring Incremental Cost in a Multi-Function Enterprise....Pages 3-21
Cost and Benefits of Universal Service Obligations in the Postal Sector....Pages 22-41
Peak Loads and Postal Services: Some Implications of Multi-Stage Production....Pages 42-64
Scale Economies and Natural Monopoly in the Postal Delivery: Comparison Between Parametric and Non Parametric Specifications....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
A Cross Sectional Comparison and Analysis of Productivity for 21 National Postal Administrations....Pages 83-114
A Measure of Scale Economies for Postal Systems....Pages 115-132
Demand Models for Letter Mail and Its Substitutes: Results from Finland....Pages 133-161
Changes in the Household-Level Demand for Postal Delivery Services from 1986 to 1994....Pages 162-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The UK Post Office Competition Law Compliance Program....Pages 195-204
Monopolies and European Community Competition Law: Current Problems....Pages 205-213
Liberalized Postal Markets: Finnish and Swedish Experiences....Pages 214-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Cost and Returns from Delivery to Sparsely Settled Rural Areas....Pages 237-257
The Universal Service Obligation for Post: Some Australian Calculations....Pages 258-269
The Challenge of Electronic Competition: Empirical Analysis of Substitution Effects on the Demand for Letter Services....Pages 270-287
Providing Universal Service in Competitive Postal Markets....Pages 288-303
The Cost of the Universal Postal Service in a Competitive Environment: Lessons from Telecommunications....Pages 304-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Roots of Deregulation: Why Aviation and Telecommunications But Not the Post Office?....Pages 321-341
The Future of the U.S. Postal Service: An Assessment of Options....Pages 342-355
The Structure of Postal Markets....Pages 356-369
Competition and Rate Restructuring for Postal Services....Pages 370-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Competitor Access to the Postal Pipeline: The New Zealand Experience....Pages 389-398
Competition in Postal Markets: The German Direct Mail Market....Pages 399-416
Postal Services: Competition in the Netherlands— Current Situation....Pages 417-424

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Issues in Measuring Incremental Cost in a Multi-Function Enterprise....Pages 3-21
Cost and Benefits of Universal Service Obligations in the Postal Sector....Pages 22-41
Peak Loads and Postal Services: Some Implications of Multi-Stage Production....Pages 42-64
Scale Economies and Natural Monopoly in the Postal Delivery: Comparison Between Parametric and Non Parametric Specifications....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
A Cross Sectional Comparison and Analysis of Productivity for 21 National Postal Administrations....Pages 83-114
A Measure of Scale Economies for Postal Systems....Pages 115-132
Demand Models for Letter Mail and Its Substitutes: Results from Finland....Pages 133-161
Changes in the Household-Level Demand for Postal Delivery Services from 1986 to 1994....Pages 162-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The UK Post Office Competition Law Compliance Program....Pages 195-204
Monopolies and European Community Competition Law: Current Problems....Pages 205-213
Liberalized Postal Markets: Finnish and Swedish Experiences....Pages 214-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Cost and Returns from Delivery to Sparsely Settled Rural Areas....Pages 237-257
The Universal Service Obligation for Post: Some Australian Calculations....Pages 258-269
The Challenge of Electronic Competition: Empirical Analysis of Substitution Effects on the Demand for Letter Services....Pages 270-287
Providing Universal Service in Competitive Postal Markets....Pages 288-303
The Cost of the Universal Postal Service in a Competitive Environment: Lessons from Telecommunications....Pages 304-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Roots of Deregulation: Why Aviation and Telecommunications But Not the Post Office?....Pages 321-341
The Future of the U.S. Postal Service: An Assessment of Options....Pages 342-355
The Structure of Postal Markets....Pages 356-369
Competition and Rate Restructuring for Postal Services....Pages 370-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Competitor Access to the Postal Pipeline: The New Zealand Experience....Pages 389-398
Competition in Postal Markets: The German Direct Mail Market....Pages 399-416
Postal Services: Competition in the Netherlands— Current Situation....Pages 417-424
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