The Economics of Postal Service

A Research Study supported by WIK

Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-6596-9 (ISBN)

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Postal service has received considerably less attention in the economics literature than traditional public utilities. Postal service is facing some very important challenges arising out of the increasingly high-tech nature of postal service, the entry of competition into the business, and new attitudes on the part of government to postal service. In the United Kingdom and Germany the increased interest in privatization and recognition of the benefits of competition are likely to have an impact on postal service. These challenges mean that postal managers must learn new ways of doing business, not just in successfully introducing new hardware and in new internal operating procedures, but also in the development of new pricing and costing methodologies and in the introduction of new management information systems.
In order to deal with these new developments managers need a solid foundation in applied microeconomic theory as it relates to postal service. This book encompasses the theoretical foundation for postal policy, particularly with regard to pricing, service quality, and competitive issues.

1 Introduction and Institutional Background.- 2 Welfare Economic Foundations.- 3 Deterministic Models for Postal Service Pricing.- 4 Stochastic Models of Postal Service Pricing.- 5 Regulation.- 6 Competition and Technological Change.- 7 Conclusions, Implications for Policy, and Future Research.- References.- Name Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.12.2012
Reihe/Serie	Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy ; 11
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 162 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-4613-6596-1 / 1461365961
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-6596-9 / 9781461365969
Zustand	Neuware