Competition and the social cost of regulation in the postal sector

Maegli, Martin; Jaag, Christian

doi:10.4337/9780857935809.00025

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“…Owning the USP (or having a high stake in it) also allows states to influence the provision of basic postal services that are considered to be of general economic interest, in addition to a USO mandate. This additional channel may be an efficient element in the institutional setting for the governance of universal postal services (see [41]). In an empirical study, [42] found that privatization in fact has a negative effect on the quality of universal service provision (density of the postal network).…”

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Postal-sector policy: From monopoly to regulated competition and beyond

Jaag¹

2014

Utilities Policy

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This paper discusses the main aspects of the competitive and regulatory state of the postal sector. It presents the different models for postal competition and regulation in the EU and the US and their history, together with their implications on regulation, with a focus on universal services and network access. While postal monopolies used to be the main source of funding for universal service obligations, the need for alternative funding sources after full liberalization has increased the interest of regulators and the public in knowing the cost of these obligations. In parallel, new means of electronic communication and consumer needs call the traditional scope of universal services into question. This paper outlines the economic rationale of current policies and directions for future postal regulation to strengthen the postal services' commercial viability in a competitive age, while safeguarding their relevant characteristics for the economy. Market regulation Universal Service regulation Designation Financing mechanism Costing (calculation of net cost) Market equilibrium Definition of obligations Flanking measures Market access regulation Network access and price regulation Interconnection, interoperability

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Section: Corporatization and Privatizationmentioning

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Postal-sector policy: From monopoly to regulated competition and beyond

Jaag¹

2014

Utilities Policy

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“…Problems that regulatory institutions face when implementing e-government solutions are analyzed by many researchers (Baldwin & Black, 2008Baldwin, Black, & O'Leary, 2014;Blanc, 2013;Blendinger & Michalski, 2018;Carroll & Head, 2010;Cheng, 2014;Choudrie, Zamani, Umeoji, & Emmanuel, 2017;Christiansson, Axelsson, & Melin, 2015;Cledou, Estevez, & Soares Barbosa, 2018;Gil-Garcia, 2012;Hampton, 2005;Juell-Skielse, Lönn, & Päivärinta, 2017;Layfield, 2014;Luna-Reyes, Picazo-Vela, Luna, & Gil-Garcia, 2016;Maegli & Jaag, 2013;Maegli, Jaag, Koller, & Trinkner, 2011;Maume, 2013;Miyazaki, 2018aMiyazaki, , 2018b, who address such aspects as the needs of the society and business enterprises and the challenges and possibilities of meeting those needs, innovations of information systems and technologies, their implementations and impact on increasing e-government᾽s efficiency, regulatory reforms and processes, the best regulatory practices and possibilities to apply them. Researchers pay quite a lot of attention to the analysis of the methods of evaluation of the public sector institutions᾽ efficiency, however, there is not enough of all-encompassing scientific research and solutions regarding the assessment of the regulatory institutions᾽ consolidation while implementing e-government solutions.…”

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Consolidation of the Activities of Regulatory Institutions While Implementing E-Government Solutions

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Journal of Business Economics and Management

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In the context of globalization, information technology development and transformation not only the needs of the society are changing, structural changes are taking place in the management of the activities of the regulatory institutions as well, because their main function is to meet the changing needs of society. While this process is happening, it becomes difficult to balance activities of the regulatory institutions with the needs of the society and business. This is why optimization of the regulatory institutions functions is one the European Union᾽s priorities. One of the most efficient ways to increase the quality of public services, reduce expenses, encourage cooperation between institutions and make decision making process more efficiently is to create an evaluation system that allows assessment of the efficiency of the consolidation of regulatory institutions functions during the implementation of e-government. In order to solve issues, the analysis of scientific literature, multiple criteria and expert evaluation were applied. The proposed system for evaluation of the consolidation of the activities of the regulatory institutions while implementing solutions of e-government allows complete assessment of the factors and criteria, identification of drawbacks of the process and also enables to create decisions for solutions of the problems.

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