Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/217750 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) [ISSN:] 2254-7088 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Universidade da Coruña [Place:] A Coruña [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 104-119
Publisher: 
Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
Abstract: 
This article examines the costs of switching that may exist in the European postal sector, where it is carried out an ambitious process of opening to competition since 1997. Inadequate regulation of the access to some elements of postal infrastructure or services within the scope of the universal postal service exists. This article proposes adaptations to ensure transparent and non-discriminatory access conditions to elements of postal infrastructure in line with the sectorial directives aimed at strengthening competition in the long term in the postal market. The proposed adaptations focus on services such as postcode systems, address databases, post office boxes, delivery boxes, re-direction and return to sender services. All of them can help reduce the switching cost and thus strengthen competition.
Subjects: 
Liberalization
Universal postal service
Switching costs
Postal network
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