Abstract We study the welfare impact of revenue management, a practice which is widely spread in the transport industry, but whose impact on consumer surplus remains unclear. We develop a theoretical model of revenue management allowing for heterogeneity in product characteristics, capacity constraints, consumer preferences, and probabilities of arrival. We also introduce dynamic competition between revenue managers. We solve this model computationally and recover the optimal pricing strategies. We find that revenue management is generally welfare enhancing as it raises the number of sales.

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收益管理系统的福利评估

摘要我们研究了收入管理对福利的影响，这种做法在运输行业中广泛传播，但对消费者剩余的影响尚不清楚。我们开发了一种收入管理的理论模型，该模型可实现产品特性，容量限制，消费者偏好和到达概率的异质性。我们还介绍了收入经理之间的动态竞争。我们通过计算求解该模型，并恢复最佳定价策略。我们发现，收入管理通常会提高福利，因为它可以增加销售数量。