@article{Daniele:256057,
      recid = {256057},
      author = {Daniele Crotti  and Elena Maggi},
      title = {Urban Distribution Centres and Competition among Logistics  Providers: a Hotelling Approach},
      address = {2017-04-12},
      number = {842-2017-024},
      series = {17.2017},
      pages = {35},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {In recent years several European municipalities have  paired market-based measures with urban distribution  centres (UDC) in order to reduce CO2 emissions and make  more sustainable urban freight ‡ows. However, UDCs may add  reloading costs and extra delivery times which have  relevant impact on both urban supply chains and the  competition among traditional and UDC-based logistics  service providers in terms of service quality and freight  rates. By using a duopolistic Hotelling framework, we show  that market-based measures and subsidies might be  substitutes to enhance the demand for UDC-based providers  but public funding can be reduced by improving the quality  of UDC services. These results can enlarge the scope for  investments in UDC value-adding services in order to  decrease private crowding-out effects in the long run.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256057},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256057},
}