Spatial Pricing, Spatial Rents, and Spatial Welfare
构建了一个整合空间定价与Thünen区位模型的空间均衡模型,比较了三种定价制度下企业、消费者和土地所有者的福利,质疑了以往文献中认为出厂价定价对消费者更优的结论。
This paper presents a model of spatial equilibrium that integrates elements of spatial pricing and Thünen location models. Properties of equilibrium under mill, uniform, and discriminatory pricing regimes are explored. Three comparative propositions concerning firm, consumer, and landowner welfare that obtain under the alternative pricing schemes are presented. The welfare findings contrast with those found in the extant spatial pricing literature. In particular, the superiority of mill pricing from a consumer welfare perspective is questioned.