Research Catalog

Title

Protecting competition from the postal monopoly / J. Gregory Sidak, Daniel F. Spulber.

Author

Sidak, J. Gregory.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Spulber, Daniel F.

Description

xv, 195 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The Private Express Statutes protect the U.S. Postal Service from competition in the delivery of letter mail. In contrast, few if any corresponding rules protect competition in other areas from the federal government's postal monopoly. Not only are the Postal Service's competitive activities arguably unrestricted by any explicit application of antitrust law, but public ownership and control exempt the Postal Service's actions from the corporate governance that is characteristic of private enterprises. The Postal Service can take advantage of its autonomy and protected letter mail monopoly to subsidize its entry and expansion in competitive markets, such as parcel post and express mail. That raises a fundamental issue: whether Congress's grant of a monopoly to the Postal Service over the delivery of letter mail should be used to restrict or supplant private commerce in other markets." "In this book J. Gregory Sidak and Daniel F. Spulber examine the justifications for the publicly protected postal monopoly and its public ownership and control. On the basis of their economic and legal analysis, the authors demonstrate the need to prevent extension of the postal monopoly into competitive markets."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Privatization > United States
• United States Postal Service Management
• Government business enterprises > United States > Management
• Postal service > United States > Management
• Government monopolies > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-177) and indexes.

Contents

1. The Dilemma of Postal Competition -- 2. The Nature and Extent of the Postal Monopoly -- 3. Technological Justification for the Postal Monopoly -- 4. Public Provision of Postal Services -- 5. Overseeing the Postal Monopoly -- 6. The Competitive Problems of Postal Service Pricing and Regulations -- 7. Policy Recommendations.

ISBN

0844739502 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

95040078

OCLC

• 33244030
• ocm33244030

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries