Topic: Uber Surge Pricing
Uber-Like Services: Variable Driver-Company Revenue Split Improves Profit
A second lever, after “surge” pricing, adjusts the supply of drivers
How Uber Could Avoid That Notorious $362.57 Fare
A mathematical model analyzes incentives underlying surge-pricing schemes
Fairness in the Allocation of Scarce Goods and Services
As alternative pricing schemes proliferate, researchers examine beliefs about their fairness
Beyond Uber: When Surge Pricing Makes Business Sense
Research seeks to predict how time-based price discrimination might spread
A Proposal to Improve Surge Pricing
Reduce fares in adjacent areas to draw more drivers to where demand is high