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On the Value Added Taxation Status of National Postal Operators

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  • De Donder Philippe

    (Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS and IDEI))

  • Cremer Helmuth

    (Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, IDEI and Institut universitaire de France))

  • Dudley Paul

    (Royal Mail Group)

  • Rodriguez Frank

    (Royal Mail Group)

Abstract

We study the pricing and welfare implications of changing the VAT status of the national postal operator (NPO) from exempt to rated. We build a model where the NPO offers both single-piece and bulk mail to customers, some of them VAT rated, others VAT exempt. We solve for the optimal Ramsey prices under monopoly and under access-based competition for bulk mail. We finally perform numerical simulations in order to determine how prices, volumes and welfare might be affected by the change in the NPO's VAT status, both under monopoly and under access-based competition for bulk mail.

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  • De Donder Philippe & Cremer Helmuth & Dudley Paul & Rodriguez Frank, 2009. "On the Value Added Taxation Status of National Postal Operators," Review of Network Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 8(3), pages 1-22, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rneart:v:8:y:2009:i:3:n:2
    DOI: 10.2202/1446-9022.1178
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    1. Dietl Helmut M & Jaag Christian & Lang Markus & Trinkner Urs W.O., 2011. "Competition and Welfare Effects of VAT Exemptions," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 1-29, April.
    2. Helmut Dietl & Christian Jaag & Markus Lang & Martin Lutzenberger & Urs Trinkner, 2011. "Impact of VAT Exemptions in the Postal Sector on Competition and Welfare," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age, chapter 19, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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