Worksharing: A Calibrated Model

This paper studies the price structure in a postal sector with a monopolistic operator when customers can engage in worksharing. It presents simulation results obtained from an empirical model that is calibrated on data from the French postal sector. The optimal worksharing discount is significantly larger than the avoided costs. Consequently, the appropriate pricing structure differs markedly from the often recommended ECPR policy.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	De Villemeur, Etienne Billette ; Cremer, Helmuth ; Boldron, Francois ; Roy, Bernard
Published in:	Review of Network Economics. - De Gruyter, ISSN 1446-9022, ZDB-ID 2139394-1. - Vol. 7.2008, 2
Publisher:	De Gruyter

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2202/1446-9022.1149 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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