UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20268-0001
Postal Rate and Fee Changes,
2001
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OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES
TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS MAURA ROBINSON
(OCA/USPS-T29-1-2)
November 29,200l
Pursuant
Commission,
requests
to Rules 25 through
28 of the Rules of Practice
the Office of the Consumer
for production
OCA/USPS-1-21
of documents.
dated September
Advocate
Instructions
hereby submits interrogatories
submitted,
SHELLEY S. DREIFUSS
Acting Director
Office of the Consumer Advocate
EMMETT RAND COSTICH
Attorney
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 202680001
(202) 789-6830; Fax (202) 789-6819
and
included with OCA interrogatories
28, 2001, are hereby incorporated
Respectfully
of the Postal Rate
by reference.
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Docket No. R2001-1
OCANSPS-T29-1.
a.
Please refer to your testimony at page 16, lines 13-l 4.
Please confirm that the own-price
subject to the nonstandard
elasticity of demand for single-piece
surcharge
letters
is relatively inelastic (Le., elasticity
between -1 and 0). If you do not confirm, please explain.
b.
Please confirm that the own-price
subject to the proposed
elasticity of demand for single-piece
nonmachinable
surcharge
letters
is relatively inelastic (i.e.,
elasticity between -1 and 0). If you do not confirm, please explain.
C.
Please provide the own-price
to the nonstandard
d.
elasticity of demand for single-piece
letters subject
elasticity of demand for single-piece
letters subject
surcharge.
Please provide the own-price
to the proposed nonmachinable
e.
surcharge.
Please confirm that the own-price
subject to the nonstandard
elasticity of demand for workshare
surcharge
letters
is relatively inelastic (i.e., elasticity
between -1 and 0). If you do not confirm, please explain.
f.
Please confirm that the own-price
subject to the proposed
elasticity of demand for workshare
nonmachinable
surcharge
letters
is relatively inelastic (i.e.,
elasticity between -1 and 0). If you do not confirm, please explain.
9.
Please provide the own-price
elasticity of demand for workshare
letters subject to
Please provide the own-price
elasticity of demand for workshare
letters subject to
the proposed
surcharge.
the nonstandard
h.
i.
surcharge.
nonmachinable
Please confirm that the own-price
Class letters is a reasonable
elasticity of demand for single-piece
approximation
of the own-price
First-
elasticity of demand
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Docket No. R2001-1
for single-piece
letters subject to the nonstandard
surcharge.
If you do not
confirm, please explain.
i
Please confirm that the own-price
letters is a reasonable
elasticity of demand for workshare
approximation
of the own-price
presort letters subject to the nonstandard
surcharge.
First-Class
elasticity of demand for
If you do not confirm,
please explain.
k.
Please confirm that the own-price
Class letters is a reasonable
for single-piece
elasticity of demand for single-piece
approximation
of the own-price
letters subject to the proposed
First-
elasticity of demand
nonmachinable
If you
surcharge.
do not confirm, please explain.
I.
Please confirm that the own-price
letters is a reasonable
elasticity of demand for workshare
approximation
of the own-price
presort letters subject to the proposed nonmachinable
First-Class
elasticity of demand for
surcharge.
If you do not
confirm, please explain.
OCAAJSPS-T29-2.
a.
Please refer to your response to POIR No. 4, Question 6.
Please confirm that the response calculates the “current nonstandard”
piece volume of 412,179 as follows:
(44,198 / 47,899,389)
single-
* 46,542,265.
If you
do not confirm, please explain.
b.
Please confirm that the “current nonstandard”
415,041 = (44,198 / 47,899,389)
explain.
l
46,865,402.
single-piece
volume should be
If you do not confirm, please
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing
participants
of record in this proceeding
in accordance
Washington, D.C. 20268-0001
November 29,200l
’ Stephdnie
upon all
with Rule 12 of the rules of
practice.
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document
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