Considering Monopoly Maintenance Cost for an Automobile Purchase in China: A DEA-Based Approach  

作　　者：DAI Qianzhi LI Lin LEI Xiyang AN Qingxian TANG Xiao 

机构地区：[1]School of Economics,Hefei University of Technology,Hefei 230009,China [2]Center for Industrial Information and Economic Research,Hefei University of Technology,Hefei 230009,China [3]Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science,Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100190,China [4]School of Management,Hefei University of Technology,Hefei 230009,China [5]School of Business,Central South,University,Changsha 410083,China [6]School of Management,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China

出　　处：《Journal of Systems Science & Complexity》2019年第4期1167-1179,共13页系统科学与复杂性学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.71701060,71801075 and 71501189;Social Sciences Foundation of Anhui Province under Grant No.AHSKY2017D78;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant Nos.JZ2018HGBZ0174,JS2017HGXJ0028 and JZ2016HGBZ0996;the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province under Grant No.2017JJ3397;the Open Project of ‘Mobile Health’ Ministry of Education-China Mobile Joint Laboratory of Central South University

摘　　要：With the fast growing economy,China has become the biggest automobile market in the world.Many Chinese families buy automobiles to promote individual wellbeing and facilitate the convenience of lives.Automobile purchase has become a general and important decision for a Chinese family.However,it is always difficult to make a decision on the automobile purchase that balance the automobiles performance and its cost.Moreover,the automobile maintenance market in China is monopolistic.Thus,the maintenance cost is a significant consideration in automobile purchase decision.This paper employs the concept of data envelopment analysis(DEA)to measure cost performance of the automobile with considering the monopoly maintenance cost.The RCA(ratio of the total price of accessories of an automobile to the price of the automobile)100 index system is used to represent the maintenance cost of each automobile.The structure of the automobile maintenance market can be reflected with including the RCA 100 index system in the performance evaluation.Results of the case study of 28 automobiles in China verify the necessity of considering the maintenance cost in automobile purchase decision.With the fast growing economy, China has become the biggest automobile market in the world. Many Chinese families buy automobiles to promote individual wellbeing and facilitate the convenience of lives. Automobile purchase has become a general and important decision for a Chinese family. However, it is always difficult to make a decision on the automobile purchase that balance the automobiles performance and its cost. Moreover, the automobile maintenance market in China is monopolistic. Thus, the maintenance cost is a significant consideration in automobile purchase decision.This paper employs the concept of data envelopment analysis(DEA) to measure cost performance of the automobile with considering the monopoly maintenance cost. The RCA(ratio of the total price of accessories of an automobile to the price of the automobile) 100 index system is used to represent the maintenance cost of each automobile. The structure of the automobile maintenance market can be reflected with including the RCA 100 index system in the performance evaluation. Results of the case study of 28 automobiles in China verify the necessity of considering the maintenance cost in automobile purchase decision.

关 键 词：AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE business ANALYTICS COST performance data envelopment analysis(DEA) MONOPOLY maintenance COST 

分 类 号：O1[理学—数学]