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Finding Equilibrium in a Monopoly Passenger Railway Market: A Comparison of Agent-Based Simulations with Theoretical Predictions

KRČÁL, Ondřej

Basic information

Original name

Finding Equilibrium in a Monopoly Passenger Railway Market: A Comparison of Agent-Based Simulations with Theoretical Predictions

Authors

KRČÁL, Ondřej

Edition

Hradec Králové, Hradec Economic Days 2014, p. 357-363, 7 pp. 2014

Publisher

Gaudeamus

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Proceedings paper

Field of Study

Economics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/14:00095736

Organization

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta – Repository – Repository

ISBN

978-80-7435-369-7

UT WoS

000398250300047

Keywords in English

railway; Salop; monopoly; price; timetable

Links

MUNI/A/0781/2013, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 1/9/2020 19:01, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

This paper presents an agent-based model of passenger rail services. It provides an algorithm that is able to find the optimal price and timetable for a service provided by a monopoly train operating company. For testing the efficiency of the algorithm, it presents a simplified setting in which the equilibrium price and timetable can be found analytically using the Salop model of competition. The paper finds that the algorithm approximates well the predicted price and timetable and that an increase in the equilibrium number of trains in the market reduces the efficiency of the algorithm.
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