Book Description: Postal Strategies, Logistics, Access, and the Environment: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Editors: [List the names of the editors] Publication Date: [Insert the publication date] Pages: [Insert the number of pages] Publisher: [Insert the name of the publisher] ISBN: [Insert the ISBN number] Summary: This edited book comprises original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 30th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Rimini, Italy, May 25-27, 2022. The central foci of the book are the role of digital platforms in the postal sector and the impact of vertically integrated firms in delivery markets. Other important topics include the regulation of parcels and their environmental footprint in light of innovations affecting the so-called "last mile" and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the postal sector on both the global and local levels. Chapters also discuss traditional topics for postal and delivery sectors such as postal costs, the funding of Universal Service Obligation (USO), and the related role of Universal Service Providers. This book is a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors interested in postal and regulatory economics but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments that deal with these issues.

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