Spatial interaction, spatial multipliers and hospital competition

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   Frech III, H E ^b   Anselin, Luc ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital competition; Market boundary; Market extent; Market size; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449147099     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510802638908     Document Type: Article

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