Table Of ContentTopics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
Pier Luigi Parcu
Timothy Brennan
Victor Glass Editors
The
Contribution of
the Postal and
Delivery Sector
Between E-Commerce and
E-Substitution
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
Serieseditor
MichaelA.Crew,Newark,NJ,USA
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Pier Luigi Parcu (cid:129) Timothy Brennan (cid:129) Victor Glass
Editors
The Contribution of the
Postal and Delivery Sector
Between E-Commerce and E-Substitution
Editors
PierLuigiParcu TimothyBrennan
EuropeanUniversityInstitute SchoolofPublicPolicy
RSCAS,FlorenceSchoolofRegulation UMBC
Communication&Media Baltimore,MD,USA
Florence,Italy
VictorGlass
RutgersBusinessSchool
Newark,NJ,USA
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Preface and Acknowledgments
This book is a result of the 25th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics,
which was held on May 24–27, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. The conference was a
joint effort of the Florence School of Regulation – Communications and Media
(FSRC&M)attheEuropeanUniversityInstitute(EUI)andtheCenterforResearch
inRegulatedIndustries(CRRI)attheRutgersBusinessSchool.
The conference and book are dedicated to Prof. Michael A. Crew. This 25th
conference was the first held without him since he and the late Paul Kleindorfer
organized the first conference, held in July 1990 in Rugby, England. Since then,
hundreds of participants have come together to discuss and share research on
evolving trends in postal and delivery economics. The community of economics,
business,law,andpolicyresearchersstudyingthepostalsectorthattheconferences
have fostered in the last three decades would not exist without Michael’s effort,
intellect,humor,andindomitablespirit.Thatcommunitywillbeforeverinhisdebt.
TheConferencesonPostalandDeliveryEconomicsthatMichaelcreatedarea
testament tothe evolution inthe postal and delivery sector over the last 25 years:
fromhighlettervolumestoaprogressiveincreaseofparceldelivery,fromthestart
of the liberalization process to the disruptive impact of digitalization and the
Internet,and fromsector-specific activitiestonewbusiness differentiation.At the
sametime,theuniversalserviceobligationwasandstillisacentralelementofthe
regulatory,policy,andeconomicdebate.
The conference was made possible by the contribution of generous supporters.
Wewouldliketothankthemnotonlyforfinancialsupportbutalsoforthehelpful
advice they provided in their role on the organizing committee as well as, along
with others, intellectual contributions and encouragement: Mohammad Adra,
Bruno Basalisco, Geoff Bickerton, Claire Borsenberger, Stephen Brogan, Fabio
Camerano,IsabelleCarslake,MargaretCigno,PeterDunn,CristinaFalcone,Colm
Farrelly, Charles Fattore, Beatriz Galva´n Santiago, Stefano Gori, Juan Gradolph,
Annegret Groebel, Robert Hammond, John Hearn, Paul Hodgson, Adam Houck,
George Houpis, Christian Jaag, Denis Joram, Keith Kellison, Caroline Longman,
LeonardoMautino,HendrikOkholm,TedPearsall,PaolaPiscioneri,MichelaRaco,
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Frank Rodr´ıguez, Chris Rowsell, Michael Scanlon, Soterios Soteri, Katherine
Steinhoff,DavidStubbs,MarkvanderHorst,andTimWalsh.
Thisyear’sconferencebenefitedgreatlyfromtheeffortsoftheConferenceUnit
of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and of the team of the FSR
C&M, who were incredibly helpful during the conference, enabling it to operate
verysmoothly,withspecialthankstoPaulaGoriandElisabettaSpagnoli.Theyand
colleagues provided both advice and assistance on numerous occasions and con-
tributedgreatlytothesuccessoftheevent.
We would like to thank our distinguished dinner speaker, the President of
CNMC(theSpanishNationalRegulatoryAuthority),Jose´ Mar´ıaMar´ınQuemada.
Last but not least, we thank all authors and participants of the conference.
Without their contributions, the conference and this book would not have been
possible. The usual disclaimers are applicable. In particular, the views expressed
reflect the views of the authors and are not necessarily those of the editors or
supporters.
Florence,Italy PierLuigiParcu
Baltimore,MD,USA TimothyBrennan
Newark,NJ,USA VictorGlass
The Conference was kindly supported by
RoyalMail
RRDonnelleyLogistics
UnitedParcelService
Ofcom
CitizenAdvice
PitneyBowes
PosteItaliane
LeGroupeLaPoste
CNMC
CopenhagenEconomics
CorreosyTele´grafos
IBMGlobalBusinessServices
Oxera
ComReg
FrontierEconomics
CullenInternational
K&LGatesLLP
AnPost
NewZealandPostLimited
BNetzA
SwissEconomics
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Contents
AcademicHubsandtheIntellectualInfrastructure
ofEconomicRegulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
WilliamE.Kovacic
OnSomeHistoricalContributionsofthePostal
andDeliveryConference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PierLuigiParcuandVincenzoViscoComandini
MichaelCrew’s(andPaulKleindorfer’s)Scholarly
ContributionstotheCRRIPostalConferences,1990–2012. . . . . . . . . . 31
TimothyJ.Brennan
DHLExpress(Austria):TowardsLegalCertaintyonArticle9
andApplicableObligationsforPostalServiceProviders. . . . . . . . . . . . 47
AlessandraFratini
QuantityRebateScheme:Applicabilityof“persender”
ReasoningforCorporateGroups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
TilRozman
Regulation.QuoVadis?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
JohnHearn
PAEA’sTakeonRegulatoryEconomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
EdwardS.Pearsall
AreEuropeanCross-BorderParcelDeliveryServicesAffordable?. . . . 103
ClaireBorsenberger
The2016EuropeanCommissionProposalforaRegulation
onCross-BorderParcels:AnAssessmentoftheObjectives,
Background,IssuesandPotentialImpacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
PhilipGroves
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E-commerceofGoods:TestingtheEuropeanSingleMarket. . . . . . . . . 129
PaulaGoriandVirginiaSilvestri
HowE-commerceIsShapingaNewConsumer-FocusedRegulatory
FrameworkfortheEuropeanParcelDeliveryMarket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
VirginieAlloo
LifeAfterVolumeDeclines:IsThereaViableFuture
forthePostalSector?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
AdamC.Houck
AnalysisoftheEffectofManagementQualityVariables
inDeliveryCostFunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
CatherineCazals,ThierryMagnac,andSoteriosSoteri
PostalUsers’NeedsRegardingAccessibilitytothePostalNetwork. . . . 187
Jo~aoConfraria,FilipaSilva,FredericoPereira,andAgostinhoFranco
KillYourDarlings:WhenDoesSacrificingNext-DayDelivery
HelpUSOSustainability?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 207
HenrikBallebyeOkholm,MindaugasCerpickis,AnnaM€ollerBoivie,
andBrunoBasalisco
ThePricingofCross-BorderParcelDeliveryServices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
ClaireBorsenberger,LisaChever,HelmuthCremer,DenisJoram,
andJean-MarieLozachmeur
PricingandEfficiencyDecisionsforLetterandParcel
MarketsWhenIndustrialRelationsMatter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
PhilippeDeDonder,FrankRodriguez,andSoteriosSoteri
TheImpactofCompetitiononConsumerPricesforCross-Border
Parcels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
SonjaThieleandAlexKaleviDieke
AdjustingRatesforQualityofService:HaveMarket-Dominant
MailRatesRisenFasterthantheCPI-U?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
EdwardS.Pearsall
SimulatingCostEffectiveParcelDeliveryMethods
forPostalServices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
MichaelD.Bradley,JeffColvin,andMaryK.Perkins
PriceElasticitiesandFactorsDrivingInternationalContract
ExportMailSentfromtheUKtoWesternEuropeanCountries. . . . . . 299
FrederiqueFeve,ThierryMagnac,SoteriosSoteri,
andLeticiaVeruete-McKay
AnExplorationoftheImpactofParcelVolumeGrowth
ontheServicePerformanceofLetterMail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
MargaretCignoandSoiliouD.Namoro
