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Bloch, Francis and Gautier, Axel (2008) Access pricing and entry in the postal sector. Review of Network Economics, Vol.7 (No.2). Article 3. doi:10.2202/1446-9022.1146 ISSN 1446-9022.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1446-9022.1146
Abstract
In a fully liberalized postal market, two business models will be possible for a new postal operator: (1) access: where the firm performs the upstream operations and uses the incumbent’s network for final delivery and (2) bypass where the competing firm controls the entire supply chain and delivers mails with its own network. The choice between access and bypass depends on the entrant's delivery cost relative to the access price. In this paper, we derive welfare maximizing prices for the incumbent operator and we show how these prices should be re-balanced when the entry method is considered as endogenous.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Postal service -- Economic aspects, Delivery of goods, New business enterprises -- Finance | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Review of Network Economics | ||||
Publisher: | Bepress | ||||
ISSN: | 1446-9022 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.7 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | Article 3 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2202/1446-9022.1146 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Belgium. Administration des postes (AdP) |
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