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The postal and delivery contribution in hard times

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The postal and delivery contribution in hard timesedited by Pier Luigi Parcu, Timothy J. Brennan, Victor Glass.
other author:	Parcu, Pier Luigi.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023.
Description:	xi, 346 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Postal serviceCongresses.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11413-7
ISBN:	9783031114137$q(electronic bk.)

The postal and delivery contribution in hard times
The postal and delivery contribution in hard times[electronic resource] /edited by Pier Luigi Parcu, Timothy J. Brennan, Victor Glass. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023. - xi, 346 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm. - Topics in regulatory economics and policy,2730-7476. - Topics in regulatory economics and policy..

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 Providers and 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.

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 of covid-19 pandemic on the sectors, both from the economic and regulatory perspectives. Other important topics include the unstoppable growth of e-commerce and the implications for delivery market; solutions for the "last mile", and the associated challenges in terms of sustainability. Chapters also discuss traditional topics for postal and delivery sectors, such as the competitive dynamics in the sector, the business strategies of postal operators, as well as the definition and funding of the Universal Service Obligation. This book will be a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors interested in postal and regulatory economics, but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments.

ISBN: 9783031114137$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-11413-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Postal service
--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: HE6071

Dewey Class. No.: 383

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