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TY - JOUR
T1 - Revenue management and the railway conundrum – The consequences of reference prices in passenger railway transport practice
AU - Kellermann, Norman
AU - Cleophas, Catherine
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - While railway transport appears well suited to revenue management (RM), establishing it in practice appears difficult. To explain this, we investigate the long-term consequences of repeated transactions and reference pricing. We consider the implications of reference pricing based on an agent-based simulation of passenger railway RM. The model is empirically calibrated using data provided by a European long-distance railway operator. On the long term, reducing fares to induce additional demand can foil revenue gains when customers learn and communicate reference prices. Accordingly, knowing customers' tendency to build reference prices becomes crucial.
AB - While railway transport appears well suited to revenue management (RM), establishing it in practice appears difficult. To explain this, we investigate the long-term consequences of repeated transactions and reference pricing. We consider the implications of reference pricing based on an agent-based simulation of passenger railway RM. The model is empirically calibrated using data provided by a European long-distance railway operator. On the long term, reducing fares to induce additional demand can foil revenue gains when customers learn and communicate reference prices. Accordingly, knowing customers' tendency to build reference prices becomes crucial.
KW - reference prices
KW - railway revenue management
KW - Prospect Theory
KW - learning customer behaviour
KW - simulation
U2 - 10.1057/rpm.2015.9
DO - 10.1057/rpm.2015.9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 155
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
JF - Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
SN - 1476-6930
IS - 3
ER -