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Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series Michael A. Crew, Editor Center for Research in Regulated Industries Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. Previously published books in the series: Young, W.: Atomic Energy Costing Crew, M.: Regulation Under Increasing Competition Crew, M.A. and Kleindorfer, P. R.: Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Services Cherry, B.A.: The Crisis in Telecommunications Carrier Liability: Historical Regulatory Flaws and Recommended Reform Loomis, D.G. and Taylor, L. D.: The Future of the Telecommunications Industry: Forecasting and Demand Analysis Alleman, J. and Noam, E.: The New Investment Theory of Real Options and its Implications for Telecommunications Economics Crew, M. and Kleindorfer, P. R: Current Directions in Postal Reform Faruqui, A. and Eakin, K. Pricing in Competitive Electricity Markets Lehman, D. E. and Weisman, D. L. The Telecommunications Act of 1996: The "Costs" of Managed Competition Crew, Michael A. Expanding Competition in Regulated Industries Crew, M. A. and Kleindorfer, P. R.: Future Directions in Postal Reform Loomis, D.G. and Taylor, L.D. Forecasting the Internet: Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Crew, M. A. and Schuh, J. C. Markets, Pricing, and Deregulation of Utilities Crew, M.A. and Kleindorfer, P.R. Postal and Delivery Services: Pricing, Productivity, Regulation and Strategy Faruqui, A. and Eakin, K. Electricity Pridng in Transition Lehr, W. H. and Pupillo, L. M. Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age Crew, M. A. and Kleindorfer, P. R. Postal and Delivery Services: Delivering on Competition Grace, M. F., Klein, R. W., Kleindorfer, P. R, and Murray, M. R. Catastrophe Insurance: Consumer Demand, Markets and Regulation Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector edited by Michael A. Crew Center for Research in Regulated Industries Graduate School of Management Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. and Paul R. Kleindorfer Risk Management and Decision Process Center The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector editors, Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorf er ISBN 978-1-4613-4718-7 ISBN 978-1-4419-8915-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8915-4 Copyright ®2004 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper. CONTENTS Authors vii ~oo~n ~ Preface and Acknowledgements xi Access and FinancialViability usa 1. Accessandthe forLettersandParcels 3 MichaelA. Crew and Paul R.Kleindorfer 2. Accessand(Non-)UniformPricinginthePostalSector 43 Etienne Billettede Villemeur, Helmuth Cremer, BernardRoy andJoelle Toledano 3. AccessPricingandtheUniformTariffinthePostalSector 69 PhilippeDe Donder, Helmuth Cremer, and FrankRodriguez 4. IsMandatoryAccessinthePostalSectortheKeytoSuccess? 87 Nick van der Lijn andArno Meijer 5. FinancialViabilityoftheUniversalPostalServiceProviderUnder 105 UniformandCost-RelatedTariffs Gonzalesd'Alcantara and BernardAmerlynck 6. AnEmpiricalAnalysisoftheGraveyardSpiral 121 RobertCohen,MatthewRobinson,Renee Sheehy, John Waller andSpyrosXenakis 7. RPI- XPriceControl RegulationinthePostalSector 143 Luis Correia daSilva, Paul Dudley, LeonardoMautino, andSophieRichard 8. Testing forAnti-CompetitiveBehaviorinPublicEnterprises 165 MichaelD.Bradley,JeffColvin,and Mary Perkins 9. AnEvaluationofUSPSWorksharing:PostalRevenuesand 185 CostsFromWorksharedActivities John Haldi and WilliamJ. Olson vi CONTENTS National and International Perspectives 10. TheWTa Doha DevelopmentAgenda: Defining theScope 199 ofPostalService Liberalization AnthonyAlvernoandAllisonLevy usa 11. ALicensetoMail:Balancing the andCompetitive 223 ServicesGlobally Ralph Carter, RutgerGoethart, CeciliaKindstrand, AnnetteMeijer, andMarkvan der Horst 12. International Postal Arrangements, Trade, andCompetition Law 241 GregHarfordand WendyEitan usa usa 13. ABriefSurvey ofthe andProspects foraGlobal 259 PekkaLeskinen 14. AProduction Model ofService QualityatAnPost 269 GregorySwinand 15. EvolutionandAnalysis oftheMarketStructure ofPostal 287 Services inSpain AlvaroEscribano, Patricia Gonzalez,andJulioLasheras 16. Regulating Access to PostalNetworks intheEuropean Union 311 TheRolesofAntitrust and SectorSpecific Regulation JuanJ Montero Modernizing the P.O. 17. Developing Policies fortheFutureoftheUnited States 335 Postal Service MichaelA. CrewandPaulR.Kleindorfer 18. Enhancing Postal Performance Through Improved Labor- 357 Management Relations:Customer Connect asaCaseStudy Anthony Vegliante, John Mularski, James Sauber, DavidTreworgy, andJarretJackson 19. PricingInnovation foraTransitioning PostalAdministration 373 MohammadAdra,AliAyub, Charles Crum,andMichaelPlunkett AUTHORS MohammadAdra, Economist,Office ofInspector General, USPS Gonzales d'Alcantara,DePost/ LaPoste AnthonyAlverno, Attorney, USPS BernardAmerlynck, DePost/ LaPoste AliAyub, Economist,Pricing Strategy, USPS EtienneBillettede Villemeur, Associate Professor, IDEI, University of Toulouse MichaelD.Bradley, ProfessorofEconomics, George Washington University Ralph Carter, European Express Association Robert Cohen, Director,Rates Analysis & Planning, U.S.Postal Rate Commission JeffColvin, Manager ofCost Attribution, USPS Luis Correia daSilva, Director ofOXERA Helmuth Cremer,ProfessorofEconomics,GREMAQ and IDEI, University ofToulouse MichaelA.Crew,ProfessorofEconomics andDirector-Centerfor Research andRegulatedIndustries, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University Charles Crum, Economist, Pricing Strategy, USPS PaulDudley, HeadofRegulatory Economic Analysis,RoyalMail PhilippeDe Donder, ProfessorofEconomics, IDEI,University ofToulouse Wendy Eitan, Manager, International Relations, Israel PostalAuthority Alvaro Escribano,ProfessorofApplied Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, GeorgetownUniversity Rutger Goethart, European Express Association Patricia Gonzalez, Laboratorio deRegulacion Postal, Universidad Carlos IIIde Madrid John Haldi, President, Haldi Associates, Inc. Greg Harford,Manager, InternationalRelations, NewZealand Post Limited JarretJackson,Consultant,IBMBusiness Consulting Services Cecilia Kindstrand, European Express Association VIII AUTHORS PaulR. Kleindorfer, Anheuser-BuschProfessorofManagementScience andEconomics,Wharton School, University ofPennsylvania Julio Lasheras, Correos yTelegrafos S.A.Estatal PekkaLeskinen, General Counsel, Legal Affairs,Finland Post Corporation Allison Levy, International PostalAffairs, USPS Leonardo Mautino, Senior Consultant, OXERA AnnetteMeijer, EuropeanExpress Association Arno Meijer, Macro &SectorPolicies, ECORYS-NEI JuanJ. Montero,ProfessorofCommercial Law, Universidad Nacional de Educaci6n aDistancia John Mularski,Manager, Staffing & Field Policy, USPS WilliamJ.Olson,William1.Olson, P.c., Attorneys atLaw MaryPerkins, Graduate Associate Professor, Department ofEconomics, Howard University MichaelPlunkett,Manager,Pricing Strategy, USPS SophieRichard,Senior Economist, Royal Mail MatthewRobinson, Postal Rateand ClassificationSpecialist, U.S.Postal RateCommission FrankRodriguez, Head ofEconomics, Royal Mail BernardRoy, Head- DepartmentofRegulatoryEconomics,LaPoste James Sauber,Research Director, National Association ofLetter Carriers ReneeSheehy,Analyst, U.S.Postal Rate Commission GregorySwinand,Senior Consultant, Regulatory Division, London Economics JoelleToledano, Director, European andNational Regulation, LaPoste DavidTreworgy, Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services Markvan derHorst, European Express Association Nickvan der Lijn, ECORYS NEI Anthony Vegliante, Vice President, Labor Relations, USPS John Waller, Assistant Director, RatesAnalysis& Planning, U.S.Postal RateCommission SpyrosXenakis, Economist,U.S.Postal Rate Commission SPONSORS Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School, CRRI-Center for Research in Regulated Industries University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center Deutsche Post World Net Royal Mail United States Postal Service Canada Post Corporation FedEx La Poste R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company United Parcel Service CTT Correios IBM Business Consulting Services Pitney Bowes Postcomm (U.K. Postal Services Commission) Siemens Dematic Postal Automation United States Postal Rate Commission x SPONSORS Posten AB Swiss Post Finland Post Corporation Anacom - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicacoes Correos y Telegrafos De Post - La Poste Poste Italiane TPG Post Haldi Associates An Post Frontier Economics Canadian Union of Postal Workers National Association ofLetter Carriers New Zealand Post Sidley Austin Brown and Wood LLP Association for Postal Commerce Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti LLP
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