Inter-Basin Water Transfer Supply Chain Coordination with Ramsey Pricing

Zhisong Chen, Keith C.K. Cheung and Manyi Tan
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Zhisong Chen: Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
Keith C.K. Cheung: Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
Manyi Tan: College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: Often enough, social welfare and private benefit do not align for quasi-public goods/services. The inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) project provides a vivid example of this. In this paper, following the game-theoretical approach, we derive an optimal Ramsey pricing scheme to resolve these conflicts. We try to compare traditional supply chain management models with an optimal Ramsey pricing scheme, with an enforcement of coordination among firms. Using simulation techniques, we compute numerical estimates under three regimes: a standard equilibrium decision framework, a coordination decision model and a coordinated Ramsey pricing scheme. Our results show the relative welfare impact of different settings, revealing that the optimal pricing scheme based on the two-part tariff structure cannot only improve social welfare, but also ensure a target profit for participating firms. Lastly, our findings have strong policy implications for the government with profit regulation and the control of water resources.

Keywords: inter-basin water transfer (IBWT); supply chain; Ramsey pricing; coordination; social welfare maximization; water delivery loss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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