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Liberalization of the Swiss Letter Market and the Viability of Universal Service Obligations

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The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Swiss Post. Helpful comments and suggestions by Alex Gulde, Urs Trinkner and two anonymous referees are gratefully acknowledged.

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Jaag, C. Liberalization of the Swiss Letter Market and the Viability of Universal Service Obligations. Swiss J Economics Statistics 143, 261–282 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399240

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