Publication Information

{'id': 'https://openalex.org/W2244385847', 'doi': 'https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849803250.00021', 'title': 'Funding the cost of universal service in a liberalized postal sector', 'display_name': 'Funding the cost of universal service in a liberalized postal sector', 'publication_year': 2010, 'publication_date': '2010-01-29', 'ids': {'openalex': 'https://openalex.org/W2244385847', 'doi': 'https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849803250.00021', 'mag': '2244385847'}, 'language': 'en', 'primary_location': {'is_oa': False, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849803250.00021', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S4306463223', 'display_name': 'Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks', 'issn_l': None, 'issn': None, 'is_oa': False, 'is_in_doaj': False, 'is_core': False, 'host_organization': 'https://openalex.org/P4310320353', 'host_organization_name': 'Edward Elgar Publishing', 'host_organization_lineage': ['https://openalex.org/P4310320353'], 'host_organization_lineage_names': ['Edward Elgar Publishing'], 'type': 'ebook platform'}, 'license': None, 'license_id': None, 'version': None, 'is_accepted': False, 'is_published': False}, 'type': 'book-chapter', 'type_crossref': 'book-chapter', 'indexed_in': ['crossref'], 'open_access': {'is_oa': False, 'oa_status': 'closed', 'oa_url': None, 'any_repository_has_fulltext': False}, 'authorships': [{'author_position': 'first', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5057697368', 'display_name': 'Claire Borsenberger', 'orcid': None}, 'institutions': [], 'countries': [], 'is_corresponding': False, 'raw_author_name': 'Claire Borsenberger', 'raw_affiliation_strings': [], 'affiliations': []}, {'author_position': 'middle', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5114003988', 'display_name': 'Helmuth Cremer', 'orcid': None}, 'institutions': [], 'countries': [], 'is_corresponding': False, 'raw_author_name': 'Helmuth Cremer', 'raw_affiliation_strings': [], 'affiliations': []}, {'author_position': 'middle', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5045956816', 'display_name': 'Philippe De Donder', 'orcid': 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-3263'}, 'institutions': [], 'countries': [], 'is_corresponding': False, 'raw_author_name': 'Philippe De Donder', 'raw_affiliation_strings': [], 'affiliations': []}, {'author_position': 'middle', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5079737633', 'display_name': 'Denis Joram', 'orcid': None}, 'institutions': [], 'countries': [], 'is_corresponding': False, 'raw_author_name': 'Denis Joram', 'raw_affiliation_strings': [], 'affiliations': []}, {'author_position': 'last', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5109260668', 'display_name': 'Bernard Roy', 'orcid': None}, 'institutions': [], 'countries': [], 'is_corresponding': False, 'raw_author_name': 'Bernard Roy', 'raw_affiliation_strings': [], 'affiliations': []}], 'institution_assertions': [], 'countries_distinct_count': 0, 'institutions_distinct_count': 0, 'corresponding_author_ids': [], 'corresponding_institution_ids': [], 'apc_list': None, 'apc_paid': None, 'fwci': 2.459, 'has_fulltext': False, 'cited_by_count': 4, 'citation_normalized_percentile': {'value': 0.686291, 'is_in_top_1_percent': False, 'is_in_top_10_percent': False}, 'cited_by_percentile_year': {'min': 77, 'max': 79}, 'biblio': {'volume': None, 'issue': None, 'first_page': None, 'last_page': None}, 'is_retracted': False, 'is_paratext': False, 'primary_topic': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11499', 'display_name': 'ICT Impact and Policies', 'score': 0.9999, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/2214', 'display_name': 'Media Technology'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/22', 'display_name': 'Engineering'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}, 'topics': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11499', 'display_name': 'ICT Impact and Policies', 'score': 0.9999, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/2214', 'display_name': 'Media Technology'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/22', 'display_name': 'Engineering'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11437', 'display_name': 'Digital Platforms and Economics', 'score': 0.9817, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/1408', 'display_name': 'Strategy and Management'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/14', 'display_name': 'Business, Management and Accounting'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/2', 'display_name': 'Social Sciences'}}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11043', 'display_name': 'Merger and Competition Analysis', 'score': 0.9716, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/2002', 'display_name': 'Economics and Econometrics'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/20', 'display_name': 'Economics, Econometrics and Finance'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/2', 'display_name': 'Social Sciences'}}], 'keywords': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/keywords/neutrality', 'display_name': 'Neutrality', 'score': 0.4840633}], 'concepts': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/C91306197', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45767', 'display_name': 'Competition (biology)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.64491135}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2781127519', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43637', 'display_name': 'Monopoly', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.64155483}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C40700', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783', 'display_name': 'Industrial organization', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.5350391}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C89611455', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804646', 'display_name': 'Mechanism (biology)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.5097837}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C144133560', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453', 'display_name': 'Business', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.5089576}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C98045186', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663', 'display_name': 'Process (computing)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.49389154}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2779581858', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9049677', 'display_name': 'Neutrality', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.4840633}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2780378061', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891', 'display_name': 'Service (business)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.44901323}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C162324750', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134', 'display_name': 'Economics', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.40607166}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C175444787', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072', 'display_name': 'Microeconomics', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.37938377}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C162853370', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809', 'display_name': 'Marketing', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.25464922}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C41008148', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198', 'display_name': 'Computer science', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.111492515}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C18903297', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150', 'display_name': 'Ecology', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C138885662', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891', 'display_name': 'Philosophy', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C111472728', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471', 'display_name': 'Epistemology', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C86803240', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420', 'display_name': 'Biology', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C111919701', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135', 'display_name': 'Operating system', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}], 'mesh': [], 'locations_count': 1, 'locations': [{'is_oa': False, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849803250.00021', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S4306463223', 'display_name': 'Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks', 'issn_l': None, 'issn': None, 'is_oa': False, 'is_in_doaj': False, 'is_core': False, 'host_organization': 'https://openalex.org/P4310320353', 'host_organization_name': 'Edward Elgar Publishing', 'host_organization_lineage': ['https://openalex.org/P4310320353'], 'host_organization_lineage_names': ['Edward Elgar Publishing'], 'type': 'ebook platform'}, 'license': None, 'license_id': None, 'version': None, 'is_accepted': False, 'is_published': False}], 'best_oa_location': None, 'sustainable_development_goals': [{'display_name': 'Partnerships for the goals', 'id': 'https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17', 'score': 0.51}], 'grants': [], 'datasets': [], 'versions': [], 'referenced_works_count': 11, 'referenced_works': ['https://openalex.org/W111913379', 'https://openalex.org/W136181811', 'https://openalex.org/W1753834099', 'https://openalex.org/W1986214998', 'https://openalex.org/W2020255723', 'https://openalex.org/W2063432989', 'https://openalex.org/W2070256901', 'https://openalex.org/W2103303285', 'https://openalex.org/W2156454224', 'https://openalex.org/W247806401', 'https://openalex.org/W2596282359'], 'related_works': ['https://openalex.org/W4241049928', 'https://openalex.org/W4211168656', 'https://openalex.org/W3172345227', 'https://openalex.org/W2572059069', 'https://openalex.org/W2547660074', 'https://openalex.org/W2472237388', 'https://openalex.org/W2056866955', 'https://openalex.org/W1991323803', 'https://openalex.org/W1978104931', 'https://openalex.org/W1495212362'], 'abstract_inverted_index': {'Under': [0], 'monopoly,': [1], 'the': [2, 44, 49, 59, 69, 77, 81, 101, 122, 127, 136, 151, 159, 164, 172, 176, 201, 215, 220, 223, 227, 233, 237, 247, 263, 278, 284, 294, 300, 308, 327, 334, 341, 352, 359, 384, 408, 434, 443, 450, 456, 466, 469], 'USO': [3, 60, 102, 152, 177, 216, 355], 'and': [4, 33, 61, 103, 218, 346, 357], 'its': [5, 63, 104, 185, 439], 'financing': [6, 64, 105, 230, 249], 'mechanism': [7, 65, 106, 231, 250], 'ought': [8, 146], 'to': [9, 99, 147, 150, 213, 219, 257, 276, 280, 283, 326, 390, 394, 416, 427, 431, 442, 455, 464, 468], 'be': [10, 148, 188, 281], 'designed': [11], 'in': [12, 35, 107, 181, 200, 226, 259, 333, 381], 'such': [13], 'way': [14], 'that': [15, 121, 142, 307, 320, 412, 449], 'efficiency': [16, 88, 221, 317], 'losses': [17], 'are': [18, 272, 368, 413, 424, 460], 'as': [19, 21, 74, 76, 118, 312, 314], 'small': [20], 'possible.': [22, 315], 'Though': [23], 'by': [24, 190, 370], 'no': [25, 143], 'means': [26], 'trivial,': [27], 'this': [28, 155, 260, 375, 391, 422, 446], 'problem': [29], 'is': [30, 113, 178, 232, 265, 289, 298, 311, 322, 377, 393, 453], 'rather': [31], 'standard': [32], 'resembles': [34], 'many': [36], 'respects': [37], 'a': [38, 108, 114, 198, 211, 290, 396, 417, 429], 'traditional': [39], 'Ramsey': [40], 'pricing': [41], 'problem.': [42], 'In': [43], 'presence': [45], 'of': [46, 58, 62, 71, 87, 166, 204, 222, 239, 246, 319, 330, 343, 354, 421], 'competition,': [47, 94], 'on': [48, 407], 'other': [50, 173], 'hand,': [51, 138, 174], 'additional': [52], 'distortions': [53], 'may': [54, 66, 187, 196], 'arise.': [55], 'The': [56, 229, 244, 286, 316, 388, 419], 'design': [57, 100], 'now': [67], 'affect': [68], 'viability': [70, 165, 186], 'existing': [72], 'operators': [73, 409], 'well': [75], 'entry': [78, 160], 'process': [79, 161, 225], 'into': [80], 'industry.': [82, 228], 'To': [83], 'take': [84], 'full': [85], 'advantage': [86], 'gains': [89], 'from': [90, 293], 'potential': [91], 'or': [92, 364, 403, 410], 'actual': [93], 'it': [95, 119, 305], 'then': [96, 323, 425], 'becomes': [97], 'important': [98], '“competitively': [109], 'neutral”': [110], 'way.': [111], 'This': [112, 209, 297, 336], 'very': [115], 'complex': [116], 'problem,': [117], 'implies': [120, 306, 448], 'regulatory': [123], 'policy': [124], 'must': [125], 'strike': [126], 'right': [128], 'balance': [129], 'between': [130], 'two': [131, 274], 'potentially': [132, 167, 241], 'conflicting': [133, 242], 'objectives.': [134, 243], 'On': [135, 171], 'one': [137, 288], 'competitive': [139, 224], 'neutrality': [140], 'requires': [141], '“excessive”': [144], 'protection': [145], 'granted': [149], 'operator,': [153], 'for': [154, 236, 304, 438], 'might': [156], 'interfere': [157], 'with': [158], '(and': [162], 'jeopardize': [163], 'more': [168], 'efficient': [169, 193, 302], 'entrants).': [170], 'if': [175], 'not': [179, 379, 414], 'compensated': [180], 'an': [182, 371], 'appropriate': [183, 248], 'way,': [184], 'threatened': [189], 'possibly': [191], 'less': [192, 365], 'entrants': [194], '(who': [195], 'find': [197], 'niche': [199], 'market': [202, 264], 'because': [203], 'phenomena': [205], 'like': [206], '“cream': [207], 'skimming”).': [208], 'imposes': [210], 'threat': [212], 'both': [214], 'itself,': [217], 'crucial': [234], 'ingredient': [235], 'reconciliation': [238], 'these': [240], 'choice': [245], 'involves': [251], 'various': [252], 'trade-offs': [253], 'which': [254], 'we': [255], 'propose': [256], 'study': [258], 'paper.': [261], 'When': [262], 'fully': [266], 'liberalized': [267], '(no': [268], 'reserved': [269], 'area),': [270], 'there': [271], 'essentially': [273, 324], 'ways': [275, 463], 'finance': [277, 428], 'compensation': [279], 'paid': [282], 'USP.': [285], 'first': [287], 'subsidy,': [291], 'financed': [292, 400], 'general': [295, 385], 'budget.': [296], 'probably': [299], 'most': [301], 'solution,': [303], 'tax': [309, 451], 'base': [310, 452], 'large': [313], 'cost': [318, 329], 'transfer': [321, 338, 392, 430], 'equal': [325], 'overall': [328], 'public': [331], 'funds': [332], 'economy.': [335], 'direct': [337], 'has': [339], 'also': [340], 'virtue': [342], 'transparency:': [344], 'voters': [345], 'taxpayers': [347], 'see': [348], 'exactly': [349], 'how': [350], 'much': [351], 'provision': [353], 'costs': [356], 'where': [358], 'money': [360], 'comes': [361], 'from.': [362], 'More': [363], 'hidden': [366], 'cross-subsidies': [367], 'replaced': [369], 'explicit': [372, 404], 'transfer.': [373], 'However,': [374], 'solution': [376, 447], 'often': [378], 'feasible': [380], 'reality': [382], '(because': [383], 'budgetary': [386], 'situation).': [387], 'alternative': [389, 462], 'create': [395], 'universal': [397, 435, 470], 'service': [398, 436, 471], 'fund,': [399], 'through': [401], 'implicit': [402], '': [405], 'taxes': [406], 'products': [411], 'subject': [415], 'USO.': [418], 'proceeds': [420], 'fund': [423], 'used': [426], '(partially)': [432], 'compensate': [433], 'operator': [437], 'obligations.': [440], 'Compared': [441], 'government': [444], 'transfer,': [445], 'reduced': [454], 'specific': [457], 'sector.': [458], 'There': [459], 'several': [461], 'levy': [465], 'contributions': [467], 'fund:': [472]}, 'cited_by_api_url': 'https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=cites:W2244385847', 'counts_by_year': [{'year': 2017, 'cited_by_count': 1}], 'updated_date': '2024-12-09T19:54:27.929619', 'created_date': '2016-06-24'}