Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries

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