Nicholas Buchholz|Laura Doval|Jakub Kastl|Filip Matejka|Tobias Salz
We recover valuations of time using detailed data from a large ride‐hail platform, where drivers bid on trips and consumers choose between a set of rides with different prices and wait times. Leveraging a consumer panel, we estimate demand as a function of both prices and wait times and use the resulting estimates to recover heterogeneity in the value of time across consumers. We study the welfare implications of personalized pricing and its effect on the platform, drivers, and consumers. Taking into account drivers' optimal reaction to the platform's pricing policy, personalized pricing lowers consumer surplus by 2.5% and increases overall surplus by 5.2%. Like the platform, drivers benefit from personalized pricing. By conditioning prices on drivers' wait times and not on consumers' data, the platform can capture a significant portion of the profits garnered from personalized pricing, and simultaneously benefit consumers.
MLA
Buchholz, Nicholas, et al. “Personalized Pricing and the Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides.” Econometrica, vol. 93, .no 3, Econometric Society, 2025, pp. 929-958, https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA18838
Chicago
Buchholz, Nicholas, Laura Doval, Jakub Kastl, Filip Matejka, and Tobias Salz. “Personalized Pricing and the Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides.” Econometrica, 93, .no 3, (Econometric Society: 2025), 929-958. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA18838
APA
Buchholz, N., Doval, L., Kastl, J., Matejka, F., & Salz, T. (2025). Personalized Pricing and the Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides. Econometrica, 93(3), 929-958. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA18838
Supplement to "Personalized Pricing and the Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides"
Nicholas Buchholz, Laura Doval, Jakub Kastl, Filip Matejka, and Tobias Salz
The replication package for this paper is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14616653. The authors were granted an exemption to publish parts of their data because either access to these data is restricted or the authors do not have the right to republish them. Therefore, the replication package only includes the codes and the parts of the data that are not subject to the exemption. However, the authors provided the Journal with (or assisted the Journal to obtain) temporary access to the restricted data. The Journal checked the provided and restricted data and the codes for their ability to reproduce the results in the paper and approved online appendices.
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