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Evolution of Tax Exemption Policy and Pricing Strategy Selection in a Competitive Market

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  • Xia Yang

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China)

  • Hui Yang

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China)

  • Hongfu Huang

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China)

  • Kui Song

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China)

Abstract

The evolution of tax exemption policies and consumer preferences for low-carbon products affect firms’ optimal pricing strategy selection in a competitive duopoly market. In our study, we build a two-period pricing model to examine the pricing strategy choices between low-carbon and traditional firms. Low-carbon firms offer consumers greater value, improving their overall experience and satisfaction. Given the evolution of government policies from tax exemption to taxation for low-carbon products, we divide the changes in carbon tax into two periods. Since each firm can choose either the uniform pricing strategy (setting the same price in both periods) or the tiered pricing strategy (setting different prices for two periods), four scenarios may occur. Conventional wisdom suggests that a firm’s pricing increases should result in a reduction in consumer demand. Interestingly, our results show that as traditional firm raises prices, consumer demand for traditional products could increase simultaneously in the second period. In such a case, the low-carbon firm selects the uniform pricing strategy and the traditional firm chooses the tiered pricing strategy. Moreover, as tax exemption policies evolve in duopoly markets, the cancellation of the tax exemption policy may intensify competition between traditional and low-carbon firms under certain conditions. Furthermore, given one firm’s pricing strategy, our results show that the other firm could adopt either a uniform pricing strategy or a tiered pricing strategy, which depends on the low-carbon advantage and tax rate.

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  • Xia Yang & Hui Yang & Hongfu Huang & Kui Song, 2024. "Evolution of Tax Exemption Policy and Pricing Strategy Selection in a Competitive Market," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-28, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:13:p:2082-:d:1427834
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