LEADER 04502nam 2200493 450 001 9910682586203321 005 20230601201432.0 010 $a3-031-11413-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11413-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7212705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7212705 035 $a(CKB)26257593200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11413-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926257593200041 100 $a20230601d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe postal and delivery contribution in hard times /$fedited by Pier Luigi Parcu, Timothy J. Brennan, Victor Glass 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (347 pages) 225 1 $aTopics in Regulatory Economics and Policy,$x2730-7476 311 08$aPrint version: Parcu, Pier Luigi The Postal and Delivery Contribution in Hard Times Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031114120 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe 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 ?eská po?ta 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. 330 $aThis book includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 29th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held online, September 1-3, 2021. The central focus of the book is the short and long-term impact of covid-19 pandemic on the sectors, both from the economic and regulatory perspectives. Other important topics include the unstoppable growth of e-commerce and the implications for delivery market; solutions for the ?last mile?, and the associated challenges in terms of sustainability. Chapters also discuss traditional topics for postal and delivery sectors, such as the competitive dynamics in the sector, the business strategies of postal operators, as well as the definition and funding of the Universal Service Obligation. This book will be a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors interested in postal and regulatory economics, but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments. . 410 0$aTopics in Regulatory Economics and Policy,$x2730-7476 606 $aDelivery of goods 615 0$aDelivery of goods. 676 $a733 702 $aParcu$b Pier Luigi 702 $aBrennan$b Timothy J. 702 $aGlass$b Victor 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910682586203321 996 $aThe postal and delivery contribution in hard times$93387929 997 $aUNINA