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

• मुख्य लेखक: Davis, Lois M. (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Pollard, Michael (auth), Goulka, Jeremiah (auth), Mack, Katherine (auth), Lundberg, Russell (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2008
• विषय: Economics; Political economy; Public administration; Business; Political Science
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...