Analysis on the Problems in the Rural E-commerce Logistics in China under the Spatial Perspective

Abstract

Aiming at the problems of lagging development and lack of supply in rural e-commerce logistics in China, this paper uses the theory of iceberg cost for reference, regards transport cost as the main revenue of transport sector, and combines Dixit-Stiglitz model in spatial economics to independent modeling the transport industry. This method is used to analysis the causes of the problems faced by rural e-commerce logistics by revealing the dynamic changes of the transportation industry, which concealed by the traditional center-periphery model. The results show that the high fixed cost and low distribution price of rural e-commerce logistics enterprises are the main reasons that restrict their development.