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E-commerce in Europe- parcel delivery prices in a digital single market

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  • J. Scott Marcus
  • Georgios Petropoulos

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Highlights In its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission has rightly noted the importance of reducing the price paid for basic cross-border parcel delivery by consumers and by small and medium size retail senders. The payment flows for cross-border parcel delivery are strikingly similar to those for telecommunications. Comparisons with roaming can be instructive. As with roaming, it is clear that the links between wholesale payments between the national...

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  • J. Scott Marcus & Georgios Petropoulos, 2016. "E-commerce in Europe- parcel delivery prices in a digital single market," Policy Contributions 14632, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:14632
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    1. Q. A. Meertens & C. G. H. Diks & H. J. van den Herik & F. W. Takes, 2020. "A data‐driven supply‐side approach for estimating cross‐border Internet purchases within the European Union," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 183(1), pages 61-90, January.
    2. Leo Sleuwaegen & Peter M. Smith, 2022. "Who purchases cross-border? Individual and country level determinants of the decision to purchase cross-border in the European Single Market," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 749-785, September.

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