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Driver Surge Pricing | Nikhil Garg and Hamid Nazerzadeh We present the theoretical foundation for additive surge, Ubers new driver surge mechanism Theoretically study driver incentives with dynamic pricing Multiplicative surge Show


  1. Driver Surge Pricing | Nikhil Garg and Hamid Nazerzadeh We present the theoretical foundation for additive surge, Uber’s new driver surge mechanism Theoretically study driver incentives with dynamic pricing Multiplicative surge • Show multiplicative surge doesn’t work • Develop a pricing scheme that does work Empirically show that additive surge works in practical regimes of interest Additive surge Key effect: lock in surge payments with long trips

  2. Theoretical results Ignoring demand dynamics, naïve old pricing model works well. Theorem : In the static model, Proportional pricing 𝑥 𝜐 = 𝑛𝜐 is incentive compatible. With demand dynamics, it doesn’t. Theorem: Proportional pricing may not be incentive compatible If payout during surge is proportional, 𝑥 1 (𝜐) = 𝑛 1 𝜐 then 𝜏 1 = 𝑈 1 , ∞ , i.e., rejecting short trips, is optimal With demand dynamics, additive surge approximately works. 𝑄 0 𝑄 1 ∈ [𝐷, 1] , we have IC prices of the form: Theorem: For 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 1 − 𝑓 − 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 +𝜇 𝑘→𝑗 𝜐 𝑥 𝑗 𝜐 = 𝑛 𝑗 𝜐 + 𝑨 𝑗 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 +𝜇 𝑘→𝑗

  3. 𝑄 0 𝑄 1 ∈ [𝐷, 1] , we have IC prices of the form: Theorem: For 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 1 − 𝑓 − 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 +𝜇 𝑘→𝑗 𝜐 𝑥 𝑗 𝜐 = 𝑛 𝑗 𝜐 + 𝑨 𝑗 𝜇 𝑗→𝑘 +𝜇 𝑘→𝑗 with 𝑛 0 , 𝑛 1 , 𝑨 1 ≥ 0. Probability that a trip of length 𝜐 If surge is too valuable compared that starts in state 𝑗 ends in state 𝑘 to non-surge on average, then cannot build fully IC prices Continuation value: compensate drivers for taking them out of surge We have 𝑛 𝑗 , 𝑨 𝑗 , 𝐷 in closed form in terms of the model parameters

  4. Empirical goal: Estimate value of a request How does accepting a given trip request change a driver’s expected earnings over the next 90 minutes? Receives + Observe actual 90 minutes driver earnings accepts trip 𝜐 later Open Busy Does not Use nearby driver accept request as counter-factual Open Find a nearby driver match by checking trips that were recently completed with a nearby destination

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