Telecommunications and Post
In the telecommunications and postal industries, established providers are faced with tremendous challenges and opportunities because of the emergence of new technologies. We support you with our proven industry and methodological knowledge in mastering challenges and help you to adapt to changing competitive and regulatory conditions in order to succeed in the market.
Assistance in procedures. Our services range from comprehensive economic consulting, including expert reports and studies, to the informal assessment of antitrust issues.
Access and pricing regulation. We assist you in complying with price and access regulation. We calculate key regulatory figures, such as access prices, price caps and WACC.
Market design and basic services. Based on established economic concepts and quantitative methods, we conduct regulatory impact assessment, describe incentives and effects on the relevant market players, and demonstrate how innovative market design can be employed to design efficient communication markets.
Strategy and pricing in multi-sided markets. Digital communication technologies represent major challenges for traditional telecom, postal and media operators. We help you to find the optimal pricing strategy in highly complex, often multi-sided markets with strong network effects, especially if regulatory requirements have to be met.
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Selected Projects
- Support in antitrust procedures in the telecommunications, media and postal industry
- Support of postal and telecomunication operators in the legisaltive process
- Calculation of net costs of the universal service of a postal operator
- Regulatory impact assessment
Publications
USO net costs and economies of scope between letters and parcels
Swiss Economics Working Paper, forthcoming in Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
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Evaluation of Swisscom's owner strategy
Report commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC)
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Entry in parcel markets: applying Fudenberg and Tirole’s taxonomy
Book chapter on the microeconomic foundation of different business strategies in parcel markets
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Incentives of Compensating USO Net Costs
Book chapter in Postal Strategies (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.
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Retention Ratios in Retail Networks and Their Application to Post Offices
Book chapter in The Postal and Delivery Contribution in Hard Times (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.
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Net Costs of Universal Service Provision: Challenges for the Coming Decade
Book chapter in "The Economics of the Postal and Delivery Sector" (2022). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.
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Universal services and state-owned enterprises in Liechtenstein
Baseline study on universal services and public service provision for the Liechtestein Think Tank "Zukunft.li"
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Funding the USO: Cross-Subsidization and Net Cost Balancing
Book chapter in "The Changing Postal Environment. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy." Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.
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Effects of climate change on Swiss infrastructures
Study on the significance of climate change for infrastructures in Switzerland commissioned by the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK)
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Mail Composition and Recipients Reaction to Direct Mail
In: The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector. Edited by M. Crew, P.L. Parcu and T. Brennan, Springer, pp 271-28
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Postal Strategies in a Digital Age
In: The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, Chapter 8
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Impact of the initiative -Pro Service public
Study for Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB) and Schweizerischer Gemeindeverband (SGV)
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Estimating the Financial Impact of Discontinuing Saturday Delivery of Letters and Flats in the United States
In: Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, pp. 155-168
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Market Regulations and USO in the Revised Swiss Postal Act: Provisions and Authorities
In: Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, pp. 301-312
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Postal Sector Policy: From Monopoly to Regulated Competition and Beyond
Utilities Policy 31, pp. 266-277
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Impact of Discontinuance of Saturday Delivery for Letters and Flats
Study for the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission
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Regulation and the Burden of the Net Cost Resulting from Universal Service Obligations
In: The Role Of The Postal And Delivery Sector In A Digital Age. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Edward Elgar, pp. 204-213
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Calculating the Net Cost of Home Delivery Obligations
In: The Role Of The Postal And Delivery Sector In A Digital Age. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Edward Elgar, pp. 227-239
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Price Regulation and the Financing of Universal Services in Network Industries
Review of Law and Economics 9(1), pp. 125-150
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Competition and the social cost of regulation in the postal sector
In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 294-305
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Termination charges in the international parcel market
In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 277-293
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Measuring consumer preferences for postal services
In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 241-26
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Possibilities of a jointly defined universal service for postal and telecommunications from an economic and legal perspective
Study on behalf of German Federal Parliament
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Defending Mail Markets Against New Entrants: An Application of the Defender Model
In: Multi-Modal Competition And The Future Of Mail. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 236-246
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Anbieter gleich behandeln
Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 92(1), 4-5
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Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services
Study for the European Commission
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The interaction between universal service costing and financing in the postal sector: a calibrated approach
Journal of Regulatory Economics 39(1), 89-110
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Reform of the Postal Sector in Switzerland: A Status Report
Die Volkswirtschaft 04-2011, 43-46
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Impact of VAT-Exemptions in the Postal Sector on Competition and Welfare
In: Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, 267-280
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Bestimmungsfaktoren für die Wettbewerbsentwicklung in Briefmärkten
Research into the development of competition in the letter market
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Postal Markets and Electronic Substitution: Implications for Regulatory Practices and Institutions in Europe
Journal for Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol. 4, 382-397
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Economies of Scale and Scope and Opening Hours in Post Offices and Agencies
In: Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
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Universal Service Auctions in Liberalized Postal Markets
In: Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
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A free or regulated wiring? Implementation options for a public fiber optic policy.
Die Volkswirtschaft 11-2009, 46-50
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Determining the Regulatory Need from an Economic Perspective: Appropriateness and Consequences of Functional or Structural Separation of Swisscom
Study for Swisscom
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Coûts de la régulation des industries de réseaux: enseignements du réseau postal
Revue d'économie industrielle 127(3)
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Bottleneck regulation in telecommunications, railways and post
Network Industries Quarterly 11(3), 3-6
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Neue Postrichtlinie: Spielräume der Mitgliedstaaten bei der Umsetzung, Konsequenzen für den Binnenmarkt und Folgen für die Schweizer Postpolitik
In: Aktuelle Entwicklungen des Europäischen und Internationalen Wirtschaftsrechts, Band XI, C. Baudenbacher (Hrsg.), Helbing und Lichtenhahn, 337-424
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Wettbewerb und Universaldienst in europäischen Postmärkten
In: Fallstudien zur Netzökonomie, G. Knieps und H.-J. Weiss (Hrsg.), Wiesbaden: Gabler, 87-110
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Economics of Post Office Networks: Strategic Issues and the Impact on Mail Demand
In: Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform, M. A. Crew, P. R. Kleindorfer und J. I. Campbell Jr. (Hrsg.), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 80-97
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Does a liberalized postal market need a sector specific regulator?
Network Industries Quarterly 10(1), 18-19
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Pricing in Competitive Two-sided Mail Markets
In: Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector, Michael A. Crew und Paul R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 136-149
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Liberalization of the Swiss Letter Market and the Viability of Universal Service Obligations
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 143(3), 261-282
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Opening of the Swedish postal market : A model for Switzerland?
Die Volkswirtschaft 5-2007, 10-13
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Economies of scale, density and scope in Swiss Post's Mail Delivery
In: Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 91-101
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Forecasting Swiss Mail Demand
In: Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Springer, 267-280
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Liberalization and Regulation of the Swiss Letter Market
In: Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 53-72
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