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标题：Pricing in C2C Sharing Platforms
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作者：Steffen Zimmermann ; Peter Angerer ; Daniel Provin 等
期刊名称：Journal of the Association for Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1536-9323
出版年度：2018
卷号：19
页码：672-688
DOI：10.17705/1jais.00505
出版社：Association for Information Systems
摘要：Sharing platforms such as zilok.com enable sharing of durable goods among consumers, and seek to maximize proﬁts by charging transaction-based platform fees. We develop a model in which consumers who have heterogeneous needs concerning the use of a durable good decide whether to purchase and share (i.e., be a lender) or borrow (i.e., be a borrower), and a monopoly sharing platform determines the platform fees. We ﬁnd, ﬁrst, that consumers with greater need to use a durable good purchase and share, and that consumers with lesser need borrow. Second, sharing platforms maximize proﬁts only if the supply of a durable good matches demand—that is, the market must clear in order for platform fees to be proﬁt maximizing. Third, the market-clearing condition requires lender and borrower fees are classic strategic complements. Fourth, to maintain the market-clearing condition, sharing platforms have to increase their lender fee or decrease their borrower fee in response to increases in the sharing price, increases in usage capacity, and decreases in the purchase price of a durable good, and vice versa. These ﬁndings indicate that commonly applied one-sided pricing models in sharing platforms can be improved.
其他关键词：Sharing Economy, Sharing Platforms, Durable Goods, Consumer Behavior, Platform Pricing Behavior.