The Geography of Competition: Firms, Prices, and Localization

The Geography of Competition: Firms, Prices, and Localization
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428
ISBN
 
1441956255
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Новинки академической литературы Америки - 2010

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This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and expert synthesis of location theory. What are the impacts of a firma??s geographic location on the locations of customers, suppliers, and competitors in a market economy? How, when, and why does this result in the clustering of firms in space? When and how is society made better or worse off as a result? This book uses dozens of locational models to address aspects of these three questions. Classical location problems considered include Greenhut-Manne, Hitchcock-Koopmans, and Weber-Launhardt. The book reinterprets competitive location theory, focusing on the linkages between Walrasian price equilibrium and the localization of firms. It also demonstrates that competitive location theory offers diverse ideas about the nature of market equilibrium in geographic space and its implications for a broad range of public policies, including free trade, industrial policy, regional development, and investment in infrastructure. With an...

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