Imperfect competition and congestion in the City



W pic         ɪ 1 ( n1 ¢

dP- ι. = μw n v n 7                        (33)

dwi lSym 1+ Λw 1 (n1¢                    (33)

μw n   n

The market clearing condition Piw - Pid =0(see (13)) has a unique solution
p
i = gi (wi ) given that dPiw /dwi0 and dPid /dpi0 . We have:

dpi(wi) l
dw
i lSym=


d 1    Λd 1 ( n1 ¢

μd 1 + μd ni n J
μw 1 + λW 1 ( n1 \ .
1   + μw n X n )

(34)


There are two limiting cases of interest. First, without congestion, this ex-
pression reduces to equation (14). This case can also be obtained in the limit
where the product and the labour market diversities are very large compared
to congestion ( μ
d >> Λd and μw >> Λw ). Second, when congestion costs are
present and very high compared to the product and labour market diversities
(
Λd >> μd and Λw >> μw), then:

dpi          Λd    αd

dwi lSym= - Λw - aw.

In this case the wages and the prices are solely driven by the level of congestion,
since the workers and the shoppers select their destination only as a function of
variable travel times.

6.3 Short run equilibrium

We study first the equilibria in the absence of government interventions: no
congestion pricing, no limit on the number of centers and an exogenous road
capacity.

We know that the marginal cost is ci = c1 + ahti, where ti = t + δρ-, and
road usage ρ
i is given by (25). Since the travel time ti is variable, the marginal
cost becomes variable and endogenous. We have

ci = c1 + ah (t + δρi´ = c + ΛhPiw,
si

where Λh = αhδNa (using equation (27)), and where we have defined c =
c1 + αh t. This means that the firm bears directly, via the intermediate delivery
cost, part of the congestion costs it creates. Using the market clearing condition,
the profit of Firm i is

ei(wi, wi,p) = £gi(wi) - wi - c - ΛhPw)] NPw - (F + S).     (35)

The first-order condition for optimal wage (and price) setting is: dei/dwi = 0
or

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