POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

Postal Administrations and Non-Postal Products A study of Justifications and Difficulties Associated with Decisions to Diversify Into Non-Postal Areas Robert Mitchell. Presented at the 9th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, June 6-9, 2001, Sorrento, Italy.

The Impact of Using Worksharing to Liberalize a Postal Market Presented February 19-21, 2001 at the WIK 6th Koenigswinter Seminar on Postal Economics. Published in Liberalisation of Postal Markets, Eds. Gabriele Kulenkampff and Hilke Smit (Rheinbreitbach: Druckerei Plump KG, 2002). By Robert H. Cohen, William W. Ferguson, John D. Waller and Spyros S. Xenakis Econometric Appendix by Edward S. Pearsall

Preparing the Postal Service's Rate Structures for Competition: A Study of How the United States Postal Service Might Adjust to Increased Competitive Pressure Robert Mitchell. Presented June 7-10, 2000 at the Conference on Postal Delivery and Economics, The Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University, Vancouver, Canada

Trends in First-Class Mail Volumes with Emphasis on Bill/Payment and Advertising Mail Spyros S. Xenakis, Office of Rates, Analysis and Planning

Universal Service Without a Monopoly Presented June 23-26, 1999 at the Seventh Annual Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, Sintra, Portugal. Published in Current Directions in Postal Reform, Eds. Micheal A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000). By Robert H. Cohen, William W. Ferguson, John D. Waller and Spyros S. Xenakis

Teaming up with the USPS to Save Money and Increase Efficiency Postal worksharing benefits everyone Robert Mitchell. Published in Mailing Systems Technology

An Analysis of the Potential for Cream Skimming in the US Residential Delivery Market Published in Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Systems, Eds. Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999). By Robert H. Cohen, William W. Ferguson, John D. Waller, and Spyros S. Xenakis

Postal Worksharing: Welfare, Technical Efficiency, and Pareto Optimality Robert Mitchell. Presented at the Sixth Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics The Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University Montreux, Switzerland

Changes in the Household-Level Demand for Postal Delivery Services from 1986 to 1994 Frank Wolak of Stanford University

A Measure of Scale Economies for Postal Systems Published in Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries, Eds. Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997). By Robert H. Cohen and Edward H. Chu