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Sustainable Growth and the Postal Sector: Universal Service versus Environmental Protection

In: Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age

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  • François Boldron
  • Claire Borsenberger
  • Helmuth Cremer
  • Denis Joram
  • Bernard Roy
  • Philippe De Donder

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This compilation of original essays by an international cast of economists, regulators and industry practitioners analyzes some of the major issues now facing postal and delivery services throughout the world as competition from information and communication technologies has increased.

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  • François Boldron & Claire Borsenberger & Helmuth Cremer & Denis Joram & Bernard Roy & Philippe De Donder, 2011. "Sustainable Growth and the Postal Sector: Universal Service versus Environmental Protection," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age, chapter 25, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Helmuth Cremer & Firouz Gahvari & Norbert Ladoux, 2002. "Externalities and Optimal Taxation," Chapters, in: Lawrence H. Goulder (ed.), Environmental Policy Making in Economies with Prior Tax Distortions, chapter 14, pages 210-232, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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