Complementary Alliances with Endogenous Fleets and Load Factors

Arbeitspapier

This paper analyzes the effect of carrier collaboration on fleet capacity, fleet structures in terms of the number and the size of vehicles, and load factors. The model features complementary networks, scheduling, price elastic demands, and demand uncertainty. For the case of a given number of vehicles, the analysis shows that carrier collaboration increases vehicle sizes (thus, fleet capacity) if marginal seat costs are low while fleet capacity remains unchanged if marginal seat costs are high. If both vehicle sizes and vehicle numbers can be varied, then collaboration will always increase vehicle numbers and fleet capacity, while the effects on vehicle sizes and, thus, also load factors, are ambiguous and therewith hard to predict. Numerical simulations indicate that collaboration increases expected load factors also when the number of vehicles is endogenous.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 15-134/VIII

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Antitrust Issues and Policies: General ; Regulation and Industrial Policy: General ; Business Economics ; Transportation Economics: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning ; Transportation Economics: Other
• Thema: Alliances ; fleet capacity ; load factors ; scheduling ; uncertainty

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Czerny, Achim I. ; van den Berg, Vincent A.C. ; Verhoef, Erik T.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Tinbergen Institute
• (wo): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130484
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ