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National rules, regional differences? Explaining the regional provision and productivity of a public monopolist: The case of the German Reichspost

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  • Florian Ploeckl

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"Public monopolies operate with substantial regional differences in their efficiency. This paper uses the Reichspost, the German Imperial Postal Service, to investigate what factors explain these differences. Additionally scale effects and the comparative efficiency on input and output side are investigated."

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  • Florian Ploeckl, 2017. "National rules, regional differences? Explaining the regional provision and productivity of a public monopolist: The case of the German Reichspost," Working Papers 17013, Economic History Society.
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    Keywords

    Productivity; Public Service; Postal Service; Germany;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N93 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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