parcel market / Andreas Haller, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner -- Competition and the social cost of regulation in the … Service's operations / Norma B. Nieto and Adam C. Houck -- Economic regulation and the UK postal sector, 2000-2011 / Tim Walsh … --Welfare and pricing with single-piece and bulk mail access competition in the postal sector / Philippe De Donder ... [et al …

. Following this introduction, Part II explains that sector-specific regulation and competition law are complementary tools and … even in the presence of ex ante regulation, competition rules should continue to play a significant role. Ex ante … regulation and competition law are complements, not substitutes. Finally, Part V contains a short conclusion …

competition is likely to develop on its own, or whether specific access regulation is necessary or desirable in attaining this end … that specific mandatory access regulation, on top of generic non-discrimination principles found in competition law and … strengthened if necessary in sector-specific regulation, is not needed to facilitate competition and may be counterproductive …

Postal and Delivery Services: Delivering on Competition is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the … current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insight into strategy, regulation as well as the economics … of this sector. Issues addressed include international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation …

analysis and the structure of postal payment system, price regulation and competition …Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Services brings together practitioners, postal administrators, the courier …