Cournot competition and spatial agglomeration revisited

被引:61
作者
Matsushima, N [1 ]
机构
[1] Shinshu Univ, Fac Econ, Matsumoto, Nagano 3908621, Japan
关键词
Cournot; spatial competition; agglomeration;
D O I
10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00481-5
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In a letter previously published in this journal, Pal [Economics Letters 60(1998) 49] show that firms locate equidistant from each other in a circular city. However, we show that the following location pattern is also an equilibrium outcome: firms agglomerate at two points in a circular city. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BY. All rights reserved.
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页码:175 / 177
页数:3
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