Freight Charge Variations in Truck Transport Markets: Price Discrimination or Competitive Pricing?
通过联合分析法检验卡车运费差异是否与竞争行为一致，利用卡车经纪人和承运人小组实验估计成本或费率与运输服务属性之间的权衡，结果支持竞争行为。
Abstract It is well known that truck freight rates for different commodities over a given route vary and that rates per unit distance for the same commodity over different routes vary. In previous studies this variation has been attributed to noncompetitive behavior. In this paper a hypothesis that observed variations in truck rates are consistent with competitive behavior is tested using conjoint analysis. Trade‐offs between costs or rates and other attributes of transport service are estimated from experiments using panels of truck brokers and carriers. The results are consistent with competitive behavior in the trucking industry.