Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24668 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 07-083
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyze the incentive of the German postal service (Deutsche Post AG, DPAG) to increase quality in the light of the upcoming liberalization of the postal services market. Currently, there would be no incentive for DPAG to increase its quality if the market were not to be liberalized in six months. Therefore, we suggest that the current changes in market regulation have motivated this quality improvement. In particular we show that this rise in quality is only profitable to DPAG because it renders entry less profitable or even impossible. However, consumers benefit from higher quality, whether entry is deterred or accommodated.
Subjects: 
regulation
liberalization
postal services
JEL: 
L51
L41
L12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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