Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

Edited by the late Michael A. Crew, formerly CRRI Professor of Regulatory Economics and Director, Center for Research in Regulated Industries (CRRI), Rutgers Business School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, US and Timothy J. Brennan, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, US

‘A seminal body of impressive scholarship, The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age is as informed and informative as it is thoughtful, and thought-provoking, making it very highly recommended reading for governmental policy makers, and a critically important addition to academic library reference collections.’

• Contents:1. Gross Substitutes vs. Marginal Substitutes: Implications for Market Definition in the Postal SectorTimothy J. Brennan and Michael A. Crew2. A Business Model for USPSMichael A. Crew and R. Richard Geddes3. Is Demand for Market Dominant Products of the United States Postal Service Becoming More Own Price Elastic?A. Thomas Bozzo, Kristen L. Capogrossi, B. Kelly Eakin, John Pickett and Mithuna Srinivasan4. Are U.S. Postal Price Elasticities Changing? Margaret M. Cigno, Katalin K. Clendenin and Edward S. Pearsall5. Estimating Postal Demand Elasticities using the PCAIDS MethodGregory Swinand and Hugh Hennessy6. Pricing of Delivery Services in the E-Commerce SectorClaire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder, Denis Joram and Sébastien Lécou7. The Regulatory Treatment of End-to-End Competition in the UK Postal SectorRichard Eccles8. The Proposed Directive on the Award of Concession Contracts: Implications for USO Entrustment and CompensationAlessandra Fratini9. Application of EU Competition Law in the Postal Sector: Overview of Recent CasesDamien Geradin and Christos Malamataris10. Re-regulation for Parcel Delivery in the E-Commerce Context?Joost Vantomme11. Delivering the Goods to Households: Would Further Regulation Help or Hinder?John Hearn12. The ‘National Champion’ Approach to Postal Operators: The Case of the NetherlandsBenjamin Gough13. On Alternative USO Financing Mechanisms for the U.S. Postal MarketMichael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin, Mary K. Perkins14. The Net Cost of the USO under the Profitability Cost Approach: Implications of Labor Market Conditions for the Net Cost CalculationIsabelle Carslake, George Houpis and Christian Strobel15. Regulation and the Burden of the Net Cost Resulting from Universal Service ObligationsChristian Jaag, Urs Trinkner and Topias Uotila16. Net Cost Calculation: A Practical Example Concerning la Poste and its Territorial Presence ObligationFrédéric Fustier, Lionel Janin and Racha Sahly17. Calculating the Net Cost of Home DeliveryAndreas Haller, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner18. Peer-to-Peer Digital Commerce: Implications and Opportunities for the U.S. Postal Service and Other PostsLaraine Balk Hope, Virgil Ian Stanford and Bruce Marsh19. Leveraging the Postal Infrastructure for the Authentication of Individuals Towards an Online Government Service ProvisionCaroline Sheedy and Maria Moloney20. Accessibility/Proximity in the Digital Age: What Does it Mean for Postal Networks and Postal Services?Claire Borsenberger21. Digitalization of Consumer Invoices. A Comparative StudyKari Elkelä,, Heikki Nikali and Chris J. Paterson22. Eat or Be Eaten: The Implications of Strategic Cannibalization and Transformation for the United States Postal ServiceAdam C. Houck23. Finding the Conditions for a Successful Social Redeployment Combined with Diversification of ActivitiesDominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger24. Transparency and Non-Discrimination in Postal PricingJoakim Levin, Åsa Gustafsson, Anders Hildingsson and Sten Selander25. The Costs, Functions and Pricing of Postal Payment Channels Tim Walsh