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Estimates of US postal price elasticities of demand derived from a random- coefficients discrete-choice normal model

In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition

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  • Margaret M. Cigno
  • Elena S. Patel
  • Edward S. Pearsall

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In our increasingly technology-focused world, demand for traditional postal services is steadily shrinking. This timely volume examines the many challenges that the worldwide postal sector is facing as a result of growing electronic competition, and offers expert recommendations for reshaping postal structures to strengthen their competitiveness in an electronic age.

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  • Margaret M. Cigno & Elena S. Patel & Edward S. Pearsall, 2013. "Estimates of US postal price elasticities of demand derived from a random- coefficients discrete-choice normal model," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition, chapter 6, pages 76-88, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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