Termination Charges in the International Parcel Market: Competition and Regulation

Andreas Haller, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

No 28, Working Papers from Swiss Economics

Abstract: There is a broad theoretical end empirical economic literature discussing the effects of termination charges on competition and retail prices. Most of this literature has focused on the telecommunications markets. Termination charges in the international parcel market have not yet received much attention in the economic literature. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap and to analyze the economics of termination charges for parcels. We find that the economics of termination charges in the international parcel market are different to termination charges in other mar-kets. Based on these findings the paper presents a number of practical solutions and potential regulatory remedies to the dilemma of termination charges in the international parcel market.

Keywords: International parcel market; Termination charges; Remuneration system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08
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