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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 (ICT) has increased. Competition has become increasingly important in the postal sector for some time in the form of alternative entrants providing mail delivery. However, the competition from ICT in the form of email and instant messaging, the Internet, Facebook and other forms of social networking and portable wireless devices such as the iPad and Kindle may be even more significant. Mail volumes are falling and the economies of scale that have made possible daily deliveries to every address are being eroded. This book assesses volume these declines resulting from this so-called `eSubstituion' and looks at the ways the postal sector can adapt to the rapid changes resulting from ICT. The impact of electronic invoicing on transactions mail, and the impact on bulk mail of electronic forms of advertising are examined. Strategies, including pricing and access policies, are discussed in the context of the increasing impact of ICT. A rethinking of the role of mail in an electronic age is taking place and this book provides the cutting-edge of this rethinking and the attempts of POs to reinvent themselves while continuing to meet the public's expectation of continuing ubiquitous daily deliveries of traditional mail products.Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in regulation, competition law, innovation and public sector economics along with institutional libraries and industry professionals will find this volume informative and useful.
Contents
Contents:Preface1. Competitive Strategies under FMO and Intermodal CompetitionMichael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer2. Invoicing in 16 European CountriesKari Elkela3. Does the Level of Price Elasticity Change with the Progression of Substitution?Heikki Nikali4. Understanding the Impact of E-Substitution on Letter Mail Volumes: A Multi-Country Panel Study Meloria Meschi, Matthew Cherry, Carla Pace and Milena Petrova5. The Future of the Portuguese Postal Sector and the Role of CTTAlberto Pimenta and Antonio Manuel Amaral6. Optimal Pricing for Mail and Welfare Implications in a Communications MarketPhilippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley and Frank Rodriguez 7. UK Letter Mail Demand: A Content-based Time-series Analysis Using Overlapping Market Survey Statistical Techniques Catherine Cazals, Jean-Pierre Florens, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Frank Rodriguez and Soterios Soteri8. Postal Markets and Electronic Substitution: Implications for Regulatory Practices and Institutions in EuropeMartin Maegli, Christian Jaag, Martin Koller and Urs Trinkner9. How Many Outlets if the USP Does Not Face Any USO? A Cross-country ComparisonClaire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Bernard Roy10. Costing the Universal Service: Evaluating the Demand Response Isabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel11. State Funding and Cost Sharing of the USO Under the 2008 EU Postal Services DirectiveRichard Eccles12. Econometric Models and the Evolution of the French Post Office NetworkFrancois Boldron, Frederique Feve, Jean-Pierre Florens, Clemence Panet-Amaro and Christophe Valognes13. Evaluating the Demand Effects of Reductions in the Frequency of Delivery Service Edward S. Pearsall and Charles L. Trozzo14. The UK Service Obligation: What Do the Public Think and How Do They Value It?Rob Sheldon and Alison Lawrence15. Assessing Anti-Competitive Behavior in a Postal MarketMary Davies16. Price Discrimination in the Postal Sector and Competition LawDamien Geradin17. Price Discrimination and Price Differentiation Within Direct MailFelipe Florez Duncan, Dawn Longman, Leonardo Mautino and Paul Dudley18. The Economics of Postal Payment Channels and EU Postal VATTim Walsh19. Impact of VAT Exemptions in the Postal Sector on Competition and WelfareHelmut Dietl, Christian Jaag, Markus Lang, Martin Lutzenberger and Urs Trinkner20. Competition and Regulation in the Italian Postal MarketVincenzo Visco Comandini and Francesca Mazzarella21. 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. Field23. Financial Inclusion and Postal Banking: Is the Survival of Posts Also There? Jose Anson and Jo lle Toledano24. The Dual Trend Towards Operational Efficiencies and Social Regulation in European Postal ServicesDominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger 25. Sustainable Growth and the Postal Sector: Universal Service versus Environmental Protection Francois Boldron, Claire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder, Denis Joram and Bernard Roy26. Offering Sensor Network Services Using the Postal Delivery Vehicle FleetMichael J. Ravnitzky
