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Adjusting Rates for Quality of Service: Have Market-Dominant Mail Rates Risen Faster than the CPI-U?

In: The Contribution of the Postal and Delivery Sector

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  • Edward S. Pearsall

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The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA) established a cap on the annual rate of increase in price of each class of domestic mail for which the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is the market-dominant supplier. The allowable annual increase is the rate of increase in the Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is charged by PAEA with verifying that USPS’s rates for market-dominant mail comply with this cap.

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  • Edward S. Pearsall, 2018. "Adjusting Rates for Quality of Service: Have Market-Dominant Mail Rates Risen Faster than the CPI-U?," Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, in: Pier Luigi Parcu & Timothy Brennan & Victor Glass (ed.), The Contribution of the Postal and Delivery Sector, pages 271-285, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:topchp:978-3-319-70672-6_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70672-6_19
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