U. S. Postal Service

U. S. Postal Service
Author: Gerald P. Barnes
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1998-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780788148415

Congress adopted the mailbox restriction in 1934 to protect postal revenue by preventing delivery of unstamped matter to mailboxes, which reportedly was having a considerable impact on postal revenues. Today, some major competitors of the Postal Service believe the law to be unfair and unnecessary, that it adversely affects their delivery operations, and should be repealed. This report provides information on the purpose and history of the restriction; current U.S. public attitudes; views of the Postal Service, major mailers, and others; and the experience of mail theft and the need for mailbox restriction.

Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector

Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector
Author: Michael A. Crew
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1847209955

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing strategies, and the principles that should govern the introduction of competition. Collected here are responses to these questions in the form of 24 essays written by researchers, practitioners, and senior managers from throughout the world. This volume will have a broad appeal, with an audience ranging from practitioners in the express and delivery industry, national Postal Operators and managers, to economists, regulators, competition lawyers, marketers, scholars in economic regulation, and institutional libraries.