Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/67367
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Atlantic Review of Economics [ISSN:] 2174-3835 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Colegio de Economistas de A Coruña [Place:] A Coruña [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 1-27
Publisher: 
Colegio de Economistas de A Coruña, A Coruña
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper focuses on the problems posed by the uniform price and market cream skimming in a context in which the incumbent is restricted asymmetric prices and products and analyzes the risks of a graveyard spiral process. We point that the price elasticity of demand, the brand loyalty and the adoption of policies promoting competition in the long term versus short-term approach can mitigate the financial problems of the universal service obligations (USO). Also, with the same objective we examined the role of a hypothetical relaxation of the universal postal service standards in the current context of rapid replacement of traditional mail by modern telecommunications.
JEL: 
D42
L96
K20
K21
Document Type: 
Article

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