Postal Strategies: Logistics, Access, and the Environment

Pier Luigi Parcu is part-time Professor at the European University Institute (Italy) and Director of the Centre for a Digital Society and of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom. Previously he worked as Director of Investigation at the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), Chief Economist at the Italian Security and Exchange Commission (CONSOB), Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and CEO of the Italian System Operator. His research addresses the democratic and economic challenges associated with digital platforms, as part of his broader interest in innovation dynamics in the digital economy and in emerging technologies. He is frequently invited as expert by European and international institutions and has extensively published books and articles in the fields of telecommunications, postal & delivery sectors, antitrust, media.

Victor Glass is Professor of professional practice in the finance and economics department at Rutgers Business School (US). He is Director of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries. For almost thirty years, he was responsible for forecasting demand and setting access rates for more than 1,100 telephone companies and was heavily involved in regulatory reform. He has published studies of market and regulatory issues that have appeared in academic journals and trade magazines.

Timothy J. Brennan is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US). He has published over 135 articles and book chapters, principally on antitrust and regulatory economics, including the electricity, telecommunications, postal, oil pipeline, and other infrastructure sectors. His current research is on competition policy, particularly vertical integration and structuring abuse of dominance cases, and on regulatory pricing and methods. He also has a strong interest in the nexus between economics and philosophy, which he has applied to questions such as the ethical underpinnings of climate policy.

Pier Luigi Parcu是歐洲大學學院（意大利）的兼職教授，也是數字社會中心和媒體多元化與媒體自由中心的主任。他曾擔任意大利競爭局（AGCM）的調查主任，意大利證券交易委員會（CONSOB）的首席經濟學家，國際貨幣基金組織（IMF）的經濟學家，以及意大利系統運營商的首席執行官。他的研究主要關注數字平台所帶來的民主和經濟挑戰，同時也對數字經濟和新興技術的創新動態感興趣。他經常受邀作為專家參與歐洲和國際機構的活動，並在電信、郵政和快遞行業、反壟斷和媒體領域發表了大量的書籍和文章。

Victor Glass是美國羅格斯商學院金融和經濟學系的實踐教授，也是受管制行業研究中心的主任。在近30年的時間裡，他負責預測超過1,100家電話公司的需求並設定接入費率，並積極參與監管改革。他發表了關於市場和監管問題的研究，這些研究出現在學術期刊和行業雜誌上。

Timothy J. Brennan是美國馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩縣公共政策學院的名譽教授。他發表了超過135篇文章和專書章節，主要涉及反壟斷和監管經濟學，包括電力、電信、郵政、油氣管道和其他基礎設施行業。他目前的研究重點是競爭政策，特別是垂直整合和濫用壟斷地位案件，以及監管定價和方法。他還對經濟學和哲學之間的關聯非常感興趣，並將其應用於氣候政策的倫理基礎等問題上。