Free-on-board and uniform delivery pricing strategies in a mixed duopsony
研究混合双寡头市场中利润最大化的投资者所有企业与追求成员福利最大化的合作社在离岸价与统一交货定价之间的策略选择,发现运输成本相对于初级产品净价值的大小决定均衡定价模式。
This paper analyses free-on-board (FOB) versus uniform delivery (UD) pricing policy choices in a mixed duopsony market. We use a two-stage game between a profit maximising investor owned firm and a cooperative which aims at maximising the welfare of its members. The results show that UD (FOB) pricing will be chosen by both competitors in markets where transportation costs are small (large) relative to the net value of the primary product. A mixed FOB–UD pricing equilibrium emerges for an intermediate market structure.