The postal market is one of the oldest if not the oldest network industry. After
centuries of private and public postal monopolies, the EC aims to liberalize
the mail market entirely whilst safeguarding the Universal Postal Service.
Based on Swiss Data, the book first identifies the main drivers of mail volumes
and draws special attention to "e-substitution", one of the major challenges
of the postal industry. The book then assesses the most important
cost characteristics of the postal market. In the core of the book, the main
regulatory market models are described, modeled, and analyzed on...