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The information value of logistics platforms in a freight matching market

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  • Wu, Yaobin
  • Huang, Jiazhou
  • Chen, Xiangfeng

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The information asymmetry in the freight matching of the long-haul trucking industry usually pushes shippers to join a logistics platform that has better knowledge of truckers’ cost information. A logistics platform that is plugged into a freight transportation system helps shippers overcome their information disadvantage but produces the double marginalization effect. We investigate the equilibrium characteristics of a shipper and logistics platform in the freight matching market and find that the shipper prefers to cooperate with the logistics platform in a small-scale sales market but searches for truckers by himself in a large-scale sales market. We show that the information value of a logistics platform for the freight system consists of two aspects: (i) employ low-cost truckers for the shipper and avoid the shipper’s inefficient expansion of the selling quantity in a moderate-scale sales market with greatly heterogeneous truckers, and (ii) improve both the total profit and social welfare of the freight system in a small-scale sales market. We further find that the shipper’s private information may hurt the logistics platform and the logistics platform can mitigate her double marginalization disadvantage by improving value-added services or lowering the logistics price in a large-scale market. Our findings provide guidelines for the shipper and logistics platform on how to choose the appropriate transportation strategy and employment strategy in different logistics markets.

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  • Wu, Yaobin & Huang, Jiazhou & Chen, Xiangfeng, 2024. "The information value of logistics platforms in a freight matching market," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 312(1), pages 227-239.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:312:y:2024:i:1:p:227-239
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.06.043
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