Retail location competition under carbon penalty

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2018-08-16

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Dilek, Hande
Karaer, Özgen
NADAR, EMRE

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We study the retail location problem in a competitive linear market in which two retailers simultaneously choose their locations. Both retailers procure identical products from a common supplier and each consumer purchases from the closest retailer. Each retailer incurs transportation costs for inventory replenishment from the warehouse and consumer travels to the store. We consider two carbon tax schemes imposed on retailers: for supply-chain-related transportation and for consumer-related transportation. Our analysis indicates that intense competition between retailers leads to a "minimal differentiation" equilibrium, which substantially increases the total system emissions. According to our numerical experiments with realistic parameter values, carbon tax on supply-chain-related transportation does not affect retail location decisions. Carbon tax on consumer transportation, however, may effectively induce the retailers to approach the middle of their respective markets, reducing the total system emissions. Our analysis also indicates that a low carbon price, relative to market profitability, only reduces the total system profit without any effect on emissions. Our findings suggest that the central policymaker avoid a uniform carbon price across different sources of emission and sectors with different characteristics.

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OR in environment and climate change, Retail location, Competition, Carbon penalty, Game theory

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47599

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.060

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Department of Industrial Engineering, Article

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H. Dilek, Ö. Karaer, and E. NADAR, “Retail location competition under carbon penalty,” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, pp. 146–158, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47599.