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How Many Outlets if the USP Does Not Face Any USO? A Cross-country Comparison

In: Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age

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  • Claire Borsenberger
  • Denis Joram
  • Bernard Roy

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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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  • Claire Borsenberger & Denis Joram & Bernard Roy, 2011. "How Many Outlets if the USP Does Not Face Any USO? A Cross-country Comparison," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Panzar, John C., 2000. "A methodology for measuring the costs of universal service obligations," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 211-220, September.
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