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Nov 18, 2023 · Even when there’s a higher demand for drivers, you won’t find a surge pricing on Curb. Extra Fees: When you book and pay for a ride through Curb, you’ll be charged based on the current rates of where you’re located, with an additional service fee of a flat 1.95 dollars.
With surge pricing, on the other hand, the platform can set a low average price, and surge pricing automatically avoids the problem. I also analyze the distributional effects within riders and within drivers.
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Sep 1, 2015 · Surge pricing draws more drivers into the area after the concert ends, and causes riders to sort into requesting a ride (or closing the app without requesting a ride) according to their willingness to pay relative to taking an alternative form of transportation.
Had surge pricing not been in effect, total payments to driverpartners would have been 13% lower at $3,078. We note that this is a partial equilibrium calculation in that it doesn’t adjust for differences in pickups and dropoffs that might have occurred in the absence of surge.
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Nov 1, 2020 · This study explores how satisfied customers are when they face surge pricing as well as how customer satisfaction affects customer retention. This study uses fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis to generate relations and then qualitative analysis with structural associations to propagate the values and refine these relations.
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Dec 21, 2015 · The goal of surge pricing is to find the “equilibrium price” at which driver supply matches rider demand and riders’ wait time is minimized. Studies show that surge pricing achieves what it was...
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Ride-hailing marketplaces like Uber and Lyft use dynamic pricing, often called surge, to balance the supply of available drivers with the demand for rides. We study driver-side payment mechanisms for such marketplaces, presenting the theoretical foundation that has informed the design of Uber's new additive driver surge mechanism.