Future Directions in Postal Reform
Author | : Michael A. Crew |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781461516712 |
ISBN-13 | : 1461516714 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Future Directions in Postal Reform brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the courier industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, mailers, and lawyers, to examine some of the major policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy; the universal service obligation; regulation; competition, entry, and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; interaction of law and economics; and future technologies and service standards.