Fève, Frédérique, Magnac, Thierry, Pope, Jonathan and Soteri, Soterios (2024) UK Postal Parcel Traffic Price Elasticities: Intensive and Extensive Margins and Selection Bias. In Service Challenges, Business Opportunities, and Regulatory Responses in the Postal Sector. In: Service Challenges, Business Opportunities, and Regulatory Responses in the Postal Sector Parcu, Pier Luigi, Brennan, Timothy J. and Glass, David Victor (eds.) Springer. Series “Topics in regulatory economics and policy” Chapter 8. Cham pp. 113-127. ISBN 9783031655999

Abstract

This chapter examines and estimates demand price elasticities for Royal Mail postal parcel volumes, using an econometric analysis of data from more than 40,000 Royal Mail customers followed each quarter over 5 years and distinguishing intensive and extensive margin elasticities.