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Jan 1, 2013

Measuring Consumer Preferences for Postal Services

Increasing digitalization and the evolution of the Internet have had, and are still having, an impact on the demand for postal services.
Research

Jan 16, 2012

Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services: Final Report

This report summarises work undertaken using stated preference discrete choice experiments to measure consumer needs and preferences for postal services in three European countries.
Dec 14, 2008

RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008

The cover story offers 12 suggestions for the new U.S. president; other pieces discuss education and health in China and India, health policy models, the U.S. Postal Service mailbox monopoly, a green U.S. Army, and political reform in the Arab world.
Research Summary

Nov 5, 2008

How Would Relaxing the Mailbox Rule Affect Public Safety and Security?

This research brief assesses the potential public safety and security implications of relaxing the U.S. Postal Service's Mailbox Rule, finding that doing so could have a moderate negative impact.
Press

Oct 23, 2008

Easing Restrictions on Deliveries to Postal Mailboxes Could Hurt Efforts to Keep Mail Safe

Allowing private courier services to deliver items into mailboxes could hamper efforts by the U.S. Postal Service to safeguard the nation's mail.
Research

Oct 7, 2008

The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security: Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly

The United States Postal Service has a statutory monopoly to deliver mail to mailboxes, but there are arguments to relax that monopoly. This study assesses the public safety concerns of doing so and makes recommendations to address these concerns.
Press

Feb 22, 2005

RAND Study Says Communities Can Learn Lessons from Worker Exposure to Anthrax in Washington

Analysis of communication problems during the anthrax attacks in 2001 suggest that exposed population groups should be enlisted to help public health authorities spread consistent and forthright information about health emergencies.
Research

Jan 1, 2005

In Their Own Words: Lessons Learned from Those Exposed to Anthrax

The authors evaluated perceptions of workers at the US Postal Service Brentwood Processing and Distribution Center and US Senate employees regarding public health responses to the anthrax mailings of October 2001.
Expert Insights

Jan 1, 1978

New technologies, competition and the postal service

The Postal Service confronts market structure issues faced by regulated monopolies in other industries, but changing technology raises other problems: nearly all the new technology is developing outside the Postal Service's monopoly market. A key q...

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Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services: Final Report

RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008

How Would Relaxing the Mailbox Rule Affect Public Safety and Security?

Easing Restrictions on Deliveries to Postal Mailboxes Could Hurt Efforts to Keep Mail Safe

The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security: Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly

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