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Duopoly Competition Between Chauffeured Car and Taxi: An Analysis of Pricing and Market Segmentation

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  • Yang Tong

    (Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China)

  • Wu Jiangning

    (Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China)

  • Wang Jianjun

    (Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China)

Abstract

Chauffeured car service (CCS) has developed rapidly in recent years. Although CCS brings convenience and effectiveness, it also triggers some new problems like vicious competition. This work studies the duopoly competition between CCS company and taxi company, in terms of different average cost and number of vehicles of two companies. To find the solutions like the pricing scheme to ease the vicious competition, Hotelling model is introduced. The Hotelling-type model is used to present passengers’ preferences to the companies. Besides, failing situation is taken into account in the Hotelling model to describe the situation where passenger’s demand is not satisfied in reality. This work theoretically analyzes the price scheme and equilibrium market segmentation based on the average cost and number of vehicles of each company. Furthermore, companies’ profits, passengers’ utility and social welfare in equilibrium are revealed based on the game theory. The study shows that both of companies can get optimal profits by setting effective price scheme. The company which has higher price, definitely gets less market share. In addition, moderate competition can lead to positive influence on social welfare.

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  • Yang Tong & Wu Jiangning & Wang Jianjun, 2017. "Duopoly Competition Between Chauffeured Car and Taxi: An Analysis of Pricing and Market Segmentation," Journal of Systems Science and Information, De Gruyter, vol. 5(6), pages 511-523, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jossai:v:5:y:2017:i:6:p:511-523:n:2
    DOI: 10.21078/JSSI-2017-511-13
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