Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector (Advances in Regulatory Economics series)

Crew, Michael A. (edt); Kleindorfer, Paul R. (edt)

ISBN 10: 184844060X / ISBN 13: 9781848440609

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

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Signed inscribed by author Kleindorfer, Paul R. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector (Advances in Regulatory Economics series)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184844060X
• ISBN 13: 9781848440609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Regulation continues to be an important issue in the postal and delivery sector of the global economy. This latest volume in the Advances in Regulatory Economics series reflects the latest research on trends and policies affecting the postal sector and progress made in the industry's competitive agenda. It is global in scope and covers a broad range of legal and economic issues from leading scholars, researchers, and policy makers.

Topics covered include: service quality and price caps, the impact of price regulation on service quality, financing the USO, cost analysis and pricing of innovative postal products, postal demand studies, the effects of intermedia competition; mail order demand; Internet advertising, trends in direct mail, legal and regulatory issues related to the postal sector, competitive strategies in the parcel market, and environmental impacts of mail. The book also provides concrete analyses of the driving forces underlying restructuring, transformation and privatization strategies of postal operators.

Scholars and practitioners in public sector economics and postal regulation will appreciate this in-depth treatment of their industry.

About the Author

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 the late Paul R. Kleindorfer, former Paul Dubrule Professor of Sustainable Development, INSEAD, France and Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, US