Spatial Cournot competition and heterogeneous production costs across locations

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-352

  Mayer, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Cournot duopoly; Spatial competition; Strategic location choice

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LOCATION DECISION; PRODUCTION COST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034016765     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(99)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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