The Postal and Delivery Contribution in Hard Times

This book includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 29th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held online, September 1-3, 2021. The central focus of the book is the short and long-term impact...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Parcu, Pier Luigi (Editor), Brennan, Timothy J. (Editor), Glass, Victor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of e-commerce platforms in the parcel delivery markets
  • Parcel locker stations: The future of e-commerce delivery?
  • Regulation: Quo Vadis? Revisited.
  • “Is Postal Service a Natural Monopoly?”:A 30-year retrospective on Panzar’s seminal paper"
  • The first tests of the SGEI Framework in the postal sector: takeaways from the judgements in the Česká pošta and Post Danmark cases
  • Universal service vs. targeted measures towards vulnerable people: how to address postal users’ needs?
  • Retention ratios in retail networks and their application to post offices
  • Access regimes in the European postal markets
  • The Economic Implications of “Density-Based Rate Authority”
  • E-commerce, parcel delivery and environmental policy
  • Assessing efficiencies and benefits of “sustainability agreements” in the postal sector
  • The effects of the Covid-19 crisis on postal markets
  • Short and longer-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on postal consumer demands, Universal Service Providersand the wider postal sector
  • Covid-19 and Swiss Post: Volume developments and the economic value of postal service, in the pandemic and beyond
  • A global survey of COVID-19 postal regulatory responses, to appraise short and long-term impacts
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the postal market: Challenges and opportunities for the postal regulatory framework
  • Digital exclusion and the role of Posts have to play to fight against it
  • The Response to Extensions of Vote-by-Mail and Early In-person Voting in the 2020 U.S. General Election
  • Cost allocation and cooperative game theory
  • Demand elasticities for publishing mail traffic in the UK: Intensive and extensive margins
  • The Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of the USPS' Service Performance Scores over the Period 2011-2020