Regulation and the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services

✍ Scribed by Thomas E. Leavey (auth.), Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series 12
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is based on a conference on `Regulation and the Evolving Nature of Postal and Delivery Services: 1992 and Beyond' held at Village PTT, La Londe les Maures, France, on March 18, 1992. Leading practitioners, worldwide postal administrations, and the express delivery industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This includes such issues as: international postal policy and 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 costs analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Issues Facing the International Postal Service....Pages 1-6
The Future of the Universal Postal Union....Pages 7-44
The Regulation of International Mail Services....Pages 45-51
Nordic Measurements 1991: Service Performance and Terminal Dues Settlement....Pages 53-68
Franchise Bidding, Contracting Out, and Worksharing in the Production of Postal Services: Can They Collect, Sort, and Deliver?....Pages 69-89
Competition, Efficiency, and the Vertical Structure of Postal Services....Pages 91-108
Economies of Scale and Scope and Competition in Postal Services....Pages 109-132
Measuring Product Costs for Ratemaking: The United States Postal Service....Pages 133-159
Rural Delivery and the Universal Service Obligation: A Quantitative Investigation....Pages 161-177
Remailing In The European Community: Economic Analysis of Alternative Regulatory Environments....Pages 179-206
The International Mail Market in the 1990s....Pages 207-219
Regulatory Systems for Postal Rates....Pages 221-236
U.S. Postal Service Productivity: Measurement and Performance....Pages 237-259
Policy Implications of Postal Network Access....Pages 261-271
Service Performance in the Postal Business....Pages 273-290
Models of Reliability In Postal Services....Pages 291-301
Measuring Performance in Mail Delivery....Pages 303-322

✦ Subjects

Industrial Organization; Public Finance & Economics; Management/Business for Professionals