Appendices for Study on Universal Postal Service and the Postal Monopoly (2008)
James I. Campbell Jr., Robert H. Cohen, Alex Kalevi Dieke, A. Lee Fritschler,
Richard R. John Charles McBride,
Antonia Niederprüm, John C. Panzar, Christine Pommerening, and Frank A.
Wolak. Washington, D.C.: Postal Regulatory Commission, Dec. 2008. A report for
the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission. CD version only, included with published
report.
The Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act, enacted in December
2006, required the Postal Regulatory Commission to submit a report to the President and
Congress within two years on universal postal service and the postal monopoly in the
United States. In January 2008, the Commission contracted with the School of
Public Policy of George Mason
University (GMU) to prepare a series of studies in preparation for its report. The GMU team included A. Lee Fritschler, Professor
of Public Policy, GMU; Christine Pommerening, Program
Manager, GMU; James I. Campbell Jr., Adjunct Professor, GMU; Robert H. Cohen,
Adjunct Professor, GMU; Alex Kalevi Dieke, Department Head, WIK-Consult; Richard R. John,
Professor of History, University of Illinois; Chairles McBride, Consultant; John C. Panzar, Professor
of Economics, Northwestern
University;
Antonia Niederprüm, Senior Consultant, WIK; and Frank A. Wolak, Professor
of Economics, Stanford University. The studies prepared by the GMU team
addressed, inter alia, the legal development and current status of the
universal service obligation, the postal monopoly, and the mailbox
monopoly; the historical development of universal service; postal reform
in other countries; the economics of the universal service and the
monopoly laws; public needs and expectations with respect to universal
service and the monopolies; and options for future policies. As it
turned out, these studies could not be fully completed within the time
available. Nonetheless, on 19 December 2008, the Commission submitted
its final report to Congress and President. The report included the
latest versions of the GMU studies on a compact disc.
The studies by the GMU team, as numbered in the final PRC report, and
principal authors were as follows. Original versions submitted to PRC unless
otherwise indicated. Bookmarks have been corrected or revised from versions
submitted to PRC by J. Campbell.
Appendix A. Preface. By GMU team.
Appendix B. Universal Service Obligation: A
Review of the History and Development of the Laws Relating to the Provision of
Universal Postal Service. By James I. Campbell Jr. (version B, 19 Dec 2008)
Appendix C. Postal Monopoly Laws: The History and
Development of the Monopoly on the Delivery of Mail and the Monopoly on Access
to Mailboxes. By James I. Campbell Jr.
Appendix D. History of Universal Service and the Postal
Monopoly. By Richard R. John.
Appendix E. Universal Service and Postal Monopoly in
Other Countries. By James I. Campbell Jr. and Alex Kalevi Dieke.
Appendix F. The Economics of the Universal Service
Obligation and the Postal Monopoly. By Robert H. Cohen, Alex Kalevi Dieke,
Charles McBride,
Antonia Niederprüm, and John C. Panzar.
Appendix G. Public Needs and Expectations.
By Christine Pommerening
Appendix H. Evaluation of Policy Options.
By GMU team.
Copies of the final report of the Commisison and appendices by the
GMU team may also be downloaded from the website of the Postal
Regulatory Commission. Report:
http://www.prc.gov.
