Regulating the Mail Market

ISBN-13: 9783838107882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 104 str.

Urs Trinkner

Opis

The postal market is one of the oldest if not the oldest network industry. Aftercenturies of private and public postal monopolies, the EC aims to liberalizethe mail market entirely whilst safeguarding the Universal Postal Service.Based on Swiss Data, the book first identifies the main drivers of mail volumesand draws special attention to "e-substitution", one of the major challengesof the postal industry. The book then assesses the most importantcost characteristics of the postal market. In the core of the book, the mainregulatory market models are described, modeled, and analyzed on their priceand welfare implications. The last part of the book focuses on the two- sidednessof the postal market, an issue that will be crucial for successful longterm regulation of the sector. In doing so, the book outlines the main regulatorychallenges of the industry. For the Swiss case, it addresses the key issuewhether a full market opening of the Swiss mail market is economicallydesirable given the current level of universal service obligations in Switzerland.

O autorze

Urs Trinkner achieved the title of Doctor of Economics at the University of Zurich and was awarded Master of European and International Business Law from the University of St.Gallen. He held several positions at Credit Suisse, AWP and Swiss Post. Currently he is Managing Partner at Swiss Economics and Lecturer at the University of Zurich.