全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Joint Costs in Network Services: the Two-way Problem in the Case of Unbalanced Transport Markets

G2TT

来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	Joint Costs in Network Services: the Two-way Problem in the Case of Unbalanced Transport Markets
	Piet Rietveld; Roberto Roson
发表日期	2000
出处	Climate Change and Sustainable Development
出版年	2000
语种	英语
摘要	Markets for transport are often characterised by unequal demand in both directions: every morning during peak hours the trains are crowded while moving towards the direction of large cities, whereas they may be almost empty in the other direction. In this paper we discuss the implications of these imbalances for price setting of transport firms. From the viewpoint of economic theory, two regimes can be distinguished: one where -owing to price discrimination- the flows are equal, and one where unequal flows are the result. Special attention is paid to the case where the transport firm does not apply price discrimination, as is the case in most railway firms in Europe. We find that in the case of substantial joint costs, the introduction of price discrimination not only leads to an increase of profits, but also to positive effects on consumer surplus. This result differs from the standard result in the literature on industrial economics. The standard result purports that with linear demand functions price discrimination has a negative impact on the welfare of the average consumer and that this negative impact dominates the positive effect on profits of the producer.
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/joint-costs-in-network-services-the-two-way-problem-in-the-case-of-unbalanced-transport-markets/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/116497
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Piet Rietveld,Roberto Roson. Joint Costs in Network Services: the Two-way Problem in the Case of Unbalanced Transport Markets. 2000.

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