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The Pricing of Cross-Border Parcel Delivery Services

In: The Contribution of the Postal and Delivery Sector

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  • Claire Borsenberger

    (Groupe La Poste
    University François Rabelais)

  • Lisa Chever

    (Groupe La Poste)

  • Helmuth Cremer

    (University of Toulouse Capitole)

  • Denis Joram

    (Groupe La Poste)

  • Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

    (Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI, CNRS))

Abstract

The role of parcel delivery services in cross-border e-commerce is a hotly debated topic within the EU and beyond. While volumes of domestic e-commerce have increased dramatically over the last years in all member States, cross-border purchases remain lower, even though the latest figures released by E-commerce Europe (2016) showed an acceleration of cross-border transactions. This can be explained by a variety of factors including language and cultural barriers and bureaucratic obstacles (in particular the complexity of VAT regimes—see E-commerce Europe last cross-border barometer) but also simply by the fact that goods are available on the domestic market without any significant price differential. The EU Commission has recently launched a proposal that focuses on parcel delivery services and particularly their pricing as an alleged major impediment for the development of cross-border e-commerce (European Commission 2016).

Suggested Citation

  • Claire Borsenberger & Lisa Chever & Helmuth Cremer & Denis Joram & Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, 2018. "The Pricing of Cross-Border Parcel Delivery Services," Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, in: Pier Luigi Parcu & Timothy Brennan & Victor Glass (ed.), The Contribution of the Postal and Delivery Sector, pages 223-239, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:topchp:978-3-319-70672-6_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70672-6_16
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