Future Directions in Postal Reform

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Future Directions in Postal Reform brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the courier industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, mailers, and lawyers, to examine some of the major policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy; the universal service obligation; regulation; competition, entry, and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; interaction of law and economics; and future technologies and service standards.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-10-23
Mått155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt610 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTopics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
Antal sidor387
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461356707

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