Frontier Publications
- Necessary inventionsEconomic policies to increas low-carbon innovationBulletin | 15.07.2010.
- Economic Analysis of the RSPTWith a postscript on the negotiated outcomePaper | 05.07.2010.
- Not patently obviousHolders of patents and the Australian Trade Practices ActBulletin | 30.06.2010.
- Shelf lifeUsing promotions effectivelyBulletin | 10.06.2010.
- RPI-X@20: Output measures in the future regulatory frameworkA report prepared for OfgemPaper | 31.05.2010.
- RPI-X@20: The future role of benchmarking in regulatory reviewsA final report prepared for OfgemPaper | 31.05.2010.
- Public competitionThe choices facing the UK government after the electionBulletin | 29.04.2010.
- What if, but for?Enron versus EWSBulletin | 13.04.2010.
- What's the damage?Measuring harm from exclusionary practicesBulletin | 13.04.2010.
- Liquid marketsProspects for introducing water tradingBulletin | 21.01.2010.
Mail orders
Costing elements of the postal public service obligationIn 2007, the Postal Services Commission asked Frontier to analyse the net costs to Royal Mail of several different elements of its “universal service obligation”(USO). Of the features we reviewed, we found that only the requirement for Saturday collections and deliveries imposed a substantial net cost, and even this was no greater than the savings Royal Mail could achieve, in a four-year period, by improving efficiency by 1% a year.
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