An Auction Based Collaborative Carrier Network

Jiongjiong Song and A C Regan

University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers from University of California Transportation Center

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the for-hire truckload trucking industry in the U.S. and propose a new auction based carrier collaboration mechanism designed to facilitate economically efficient cooperation among functionally equivalent small and medium sized trucking companies based on a post market exchange. An architecture for such a system is proposed and its economic benefits are examined. Analysis shows that the system is a Pareto efficient one in which no participants are harmed and many are better off. The complex decision problems associated with subcontracting, bidding and bid selection in such a system are investigated.

Keywords: Contract procurement; auction; price discovery mechanisms; trucking operations; Social and Behavioral Sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-02-01
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