caa a22 4500 378898892 CHVBK 20180305123513.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040423xx s 000 0 eng 10.2202/1538-0653.1178 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.2202/1538-0653.1178 Borrmann Jörg 1University of Vienna, Joerg.Borrmann@univie.ac.at Franchise Bidding for Postal Services in Rural Regions [Elektronische Daten] [Jörg Borrmann] In this paper, we develop a franchise bidding mechanism for postal services under the Universal Service Obligation (USO) in rural areas. For the collection and delivery of mail on rural routes and for small town counter operations, monopoly franchises are awarded. Deficits caused by the USO are balanced by transfers between the government and the incumbent postal operator, i.e. the franchiser. We analyze the efficiency properties of the mechanism and discuss the drawbacks when extending the mechanism to urban areas. ©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston L 51 nationallicence Franchise Bidding nationallicence Network Industry nationallicence Postal Services nationallicence Universal Service Obligation nationallicence Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy De Gruyter 4/1(2004-04-23) 4:1 2004 4 bejeap https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0653.1178 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0653.1178 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Borrmann Jörg 1University of Vienna, Joerg.Borrmann@univie.ac.at NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy De Gruyter 4/1(2004-04-23) 4:1 2004 4 bejeap CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter