信息不对称条件下寡头集团转移定价决策分析

Transfer pricing strategy of oligopoly firms under asymmetric information condition

研究信息不对称条件下存在中间产品外部市场的寡头集团转移定价决策问题.在不完全竞争中间产品外部市场条件下,当集团之间信息不对称时,对中间产品内外部实行单一定价,转移价格将大于中间产品的边际成本;对中间产品内外部实行差别定价时,转移价格则等于中间产品的边际成本.通过对两种策略的比较可知,寡头集团实行差别定价还是单一定价,取决于中间产品外部市场和最终产品市场的需求价格弹性.

The problem of transfer pricing as a strategic device in divisional firms facing duopolistic price competition is analyzed. When external market of intermediate product is imperfect competition and the information is asymmetric between both firms, if headquarters set equal price in internal or external markets of intermediate product, the transfer price would exceed marginal cost; if headquarters set discrimination price in internal or external markets, the transfer price would be equal to marginal cost. By comparing both pricing strategies, whether oligopoly uses discriminating transfer pricing or uniform transfer pricing depends on the demand-price elasticity of the external markets of the intermediate products and the final products.