Rogowski et al. (2022) use secondary data to study the impact of historic postal infrastructure on economic development, both cross-country and within the US. Their results suggest a large positive effect of post offices on economic development that is robust across various sensitivity checks....

We investigate how reducing information costs through forced experimentation with postal voting, while holding administrative rules fixed, affects subsequent voting behavior. Leveraging a natural experiment during Bavaria’s 2020 Mayoral Elections and drawing on municipality-level...

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the professional postal and courier activities sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted,...

Postal services have re-emerged across numerous emerging economies worldwide as essential logistics providers, harnessing their vast coverage and dependability in the face of expanding e-commerce platforms and technological innovations. This study investigates India Post, one of the largest...

Efficient and interconnected logistics networks, like postal services, provide powerful tools for criminal groups to organize cross-border drug trafficking by exploiting legitimate infrastructure. Despite postal services becoming inadvertent facilitators in smuggling, focused research on this...

Das Ziel des vorliegenden Diskussionsbeitrags ist es, quantitative Einschätzungen zur zukünftigen Briefmenge bis zum Jahr 2035 zu entwickeln. Die Briefmengenprognose soll dazu dienen, die Auswirkungen auf die zukünftige Erbringung des Universaldienstes und mögliche Anpassungen der...

Purpose This study examines the impact of service quality on customer satisfaction and purchase intention in the Egyptian Post Office. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method approach was employed, combining qualitative interviews with postal customers and industry experts and a quantitative...