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

• Main Author: Davis, Lois M. (auth)
• Other Authors: Pollard, Michael (auth), Goulka, Jeremiah (auth), Mack, Katherine (auth), Lundberg, Russell (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Economics; Political economy; Public administration; Business; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The United States Postal Service has long held a statutory monopoly to deliver mail to mailboxes (known as the Mailbox Rule). Critics have argued against the Mailbox Rule on anti-monopoly and property rights grounds. But relaxing the Mailbox Rule may affect public safety and security. This study ass...