| Since the high-speed railway opened in China, the price decided by the government has not been flexible. However, some lines of high-speed railway have the price fluctuation now and there are more and more lines and trains’ price is not fixed. These means the reform of high-speed railway is coming. This paper is based on the condition that the high-speed railway is use the government guidance price in China. Then consider the characteristics of high-speed railway in China, this paper aims to find out which pricing form is suitable. Price cap? Price floor? Or price cap and price floor at the same time? Moreover, by using the model of price cap, this paper analyzed the price cap of high-speed railway in China.In this paper, by using the theory of natural monopoly, it analyzes the natural monopoly of high-speed railway from the perspective of scale economy and scope economy. By using the theory of price regulation, it draw a preliminary conclusion which is high-speed railway needs to implement price regulation. On this basis, it analyzes the particular form of government pricing in China, combining with the characteristics of high-speed railway in China. Finally it lead to the conclusion that the price cap is suitable for high-speed railway in China and put forward a model for the price cap. More than that the upper-limit price in different provinces or districts should be different and it should have adjustment mechanism of price level and electricity price.Due to the study of government pricing in high speed railway is few, moreover, the study of the form of government pricing is fewer and most of studies which mentioned in the form of government pricing research are focus on the reform path not the analysis on the government pricing. So the innovation point of this article is the study of the form of government pricing concludes price cap and price floor. Therefore, the paper can provide theory reference and reference about price regulation in the future. |
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