Auctioning Postal Discounts

Written by on July 25, 2010
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Rand Costich, presented a paper proposing an auction of postage discouts at the Eastern Conference of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries.  The auction presented is a descending clock auction that uses successive bids to construct customized nonlinear outlay schedules (aka expenditure functions) for each bidder.[1] The outlay schedules represent declining block tariffs.  in [...] Read more »

Categories: Public Policy / Economics, Uncategorized

USPS Profit-Sharing Through Profit Centers: Incentives for Increasing Efficiency

Written by on July 25, 2010
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In a paper presented at the Center for Research in Regulated Industries Eastern Conference, William Miller and Margaret Cigno of the Postal Regulatory Commission examine the potential use of profit sharing at the Postal Service.   They note that the United States Postal Service has experienced record-setting losses over the past few years.that were fueled by [...] Read more »

Categories: Managing the Supply Chain

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