Privatization of postal operators : old arguments and new realities / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- The UK Postal Services Act 2011 / Richard Eccles -- A gravity model of international postal exchanges / Jose Anson and Matthias Helble -- Price comparisons in the parcel industry : a...

Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major...

1. Difficulties of Deregulation When Wage Costs are the Major Cost -- 2. Estimation of the Potential Impact of Cross-Border Liberalization -- 3. A Critique of the Theory of Incentive Regulation -- 4. Preparing the Postal Service’s Rate Structures for Competition -- 5. Regulatory and Governance...

Access and Financial Viability -- 1. Access and the USO for Letters and Parcels -- 2. Access and (Non-)Uniform Pricing in the Postal Sector -- 3. Access Pricing and the Uniform Tariff in the Postal Sector -- 4. Is Mandatory Access in the Postal Sector the Key to Success? -- 5. Financial...