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Gross substitutes versus marginal substitutes: implications for market definition in the postal sector

In: The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

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  • Timothy J. Brennan
  • Michael A. Crew

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This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail services in a digital age.

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  • Timothy J. Brennan & Michael A. Crew, 2014. "Gross substitutes versus marginal substitutes: implications for market definition in the postal sector," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Timothy J. J. Brennan (ed.), The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age, chapter 1, pages 1-15, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. Farrell Joseph & Shapiro Carl, 2010. "Antitrust Evaluation of Horizontal Mergers: An Economic Alternative to Market Definition," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 1-41, March.
    3. Brennan, Timothy J., 2008. "Applying "Merger Guidelines" market definition to (de)regulatory policy: Pros and cons," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 388-398, July.
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    2. Christopher Decker, 2016. "Regulating networks in decline," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 344-370, June.

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