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Switching costs in the European postal service. Are there any solutions?
European Journal of Government and Economics
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Switching costs in the European postal service. Are there any solutions?
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Pateiro-Rodriguez, Carlos
Prado-Domínguez, Javier García-Iglesias, Jesús Manuel Barreiro-Viñán, José Manuel |
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Liberalization; Universal postal service; Switching costs; Postal network
L87; M31; L32; L51 |
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| Description |
This article examines the costs of switching that may exist in the European postal sector, where it is carried out an ambitious process of opening to competition since 1997. Inadequate regulation of the access to some elements of postal infrastructure or services within the scope of the universal postal service exists. This article proposes adaptations to ensure transparent and non-discriminatory access conditions to elements of postal infrastructure in line with the sectorial directives aimed at strengthening competition in the long term in the postal market. The proposed adaptations focus on services such as postcode systems, address databases, post office boxes, delivery boxes, re-direction and return to sender services. All of them can help reduce the switching cost and thus strengthen competition.
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Europa Grande
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2017-01-05
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/90
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European Journal of Government and Economics; Vol 5, No 2 (2016); 104-119
2254-7088 |
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eng
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http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/90/66
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2017 Carlos Pateiro-Rodríguez, Javier Prado-Domínguez, Jesús Manuel García-Iglesias, José Manuel Barreiro-Viñán
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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