John Waller, the former John Waller, former director of the Office of Accountability and Compliance of the Postal Regulatory Commission discussed R. Richard Geddes paper, Reforms for a Failing Postal Service, at a November 4 seminar at the American Enterprise Institute. His slides identify sources of problemsrelated to costs and revenue. He presents solutions that could [...] Read more »
In a new working paper for the American Enterprise Institute, R. Richard Geddes presents his understanding of the challenges facing the Postal Service and his policy prescription. In his paper, Mr. Geddes reviews the current financial problems of the Postal Service and lays out a policy prescription significantly different from what is currently under consideration in [...] Read more »
James I. Campbell, a renowned scholar of postal and regulatory law, has recently compiled a new book called Postal Laws of the United States. The book is a straightforward handbook to the major postal laws. It is organized by sections of laws and outlines the content of each law. Campbell’s book includes major sections regarding [...] Read more »
The following is a paper presented by Gene Del Polito at a recent conference on the future of the Postal Service conducted by the Center for Research on Regulated Industries. The views expressed are solely the author’s. This paper has been published in the Postal Journal, and we appreciate the Journal’s courtesy in permitting publication [...] Read more »
By Michael Schuyler, Senior Economist, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET) In January 2010, the Postal Service Office of Inspector General (Postal OIG) issued a report giving hope that the Service’s financial problems might be less severe than previously believed. The report asserted that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has forced [...] Read more »
The Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University has announced the schedule of its 19th annual conference on postal economics. The conference will be held from June 1 – 4, 2011 in St. Helier, Jersey. The four day program presents the latest in economic, policy and legal research relating to issues affecting the [...] Read more »
The Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University has announced the schedule of its 30th annual Eastern Conference and Advaced Workshop on Regulatory Economics. The program will be held between May 18 and 20th at the Skytop Lodge in Skytop, PA. The three-day program presents thirteen sessions that include 39 presentations on a [...] Read more »
The Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University has announced the schedule of its 2nd Washington based advanced workshop on postal policy. The program, entitled, “What is a Viable Postal System?” will be held on April 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The day long program presents ten views as to the future of [...] Read more »
By Robert Cohen and Charles C. McBride Total postal volume has been highly correlated with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since before the Twentieth Century.[1] The correlation broke down about a dozen years ago (as can be seen in Figure 1) because of substitution from the Internet. Overall volume continued to grow until 2006 and [...] Read more »
By John White, Association of Alternate Postal Systems The elimination of Saturday delivery, the cutting of services and employees and more postal rate hikes in 2011, all are measures that the Postal Service keeps taking or considering as it tries to carve into an expected 238 billion dollar deficit over the next decade. A measure [...] Read more »
