Transportation gas emissions with online retailing: a spatial model. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hou, Zemin; Colombo, Stefano
• Is Part Of: Spatial economic analysis. Volume 18:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 22
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: transportation costs -- environmental performance -- online retailing -- spatial model -- linear city; L11 -- R40; Space in economics -- Periodicals; Economic geography -- Periodicals; Space in economics -- Econometric models -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Periodicals; Espace (Économie politique) -- Périodiques; Économétrie -- Périodiques; Géographie économique -- Périodiques; Économie industrielle -- Périodiques; Économie du travail -- Périodiques; Économie urbaine -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Relations économiques internationales -- Périodiques; 330.9
• DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2022.2078872
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-1772

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We analyse the impact of online retailing on transportation gas emissions in a spatial duopoly with upstream suppliers. We consider: (1) pure offline competition with two physical retailers; and (2) online/offline competition, where an online retailer competes against an offline retailer. When the upstream suppliers are located in the city centre, transportation gas emissions are lower under online/offline competition. However, when the upstream suppliers are at the endpoints, online retailing might increase transportation gas emissions. This happens when: (1) in the online/offline competition case, the physical retailer does not locate at the endpoint; (2) the transportation costs of the suppliers' commercial trucks are sufficiently larger than those of the consumers' private cars; and (3) the competitiveness of the offline retailer is high enough.