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On alternative USO financing mechanisms for the US postal market

In: The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

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  • Michael D. Bradley
  • Jeff Colvin
  • Mary K. Perkins

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This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail services in a digital age.

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  • Michael D. Bradley & Jeff Colvin & Mary K. Perkins, 2014. "On alternative USO financing mechanisms for the US postal market," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Timothy J. J. Brennan (ed.), The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age, chapter 13, pages 174-188, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Gautier Axel & Paolini Dimitri, 2011. "Universal Service Financing in Competitive Postal Markets: One Size Does Not Fit All," Review of Network Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 10(3), pages 1-30, September.
    2. Christian Jaag & Urs Trinkner, 2011. "The interaction between universal service costing and financing in the postal sector: a calibrated approach," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 39(1), pages 89-110, February.
    3. Christian Jaag & Urs Trinkner, 2010. "The interaction of universal service costing and financing in the postal sector: A calibrated approach," Working Papers 0019, Swiss Economics.
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