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Estimating postal demand elasticities using the PCAIDS method

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

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  • Gregory Swinand
  • Hugh Hennessy

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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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  • Gregory Swinand & Hugh Hennessy, 2014. "Estimating postal demand elasticities using the PCAIDS method," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Timothy J. J. Brennan (ed.), The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age, chapter 5, pages 65-74, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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