Private versus Public Service Location Behaviour: The Case of Rural Dentists

H Beguin and T Ipanga

The Annals of Regional Science, 1991, vol. 25, issue 2, 115-30

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the interface between private and public service location behavior. An empirical test investigates the following hypothesis: when competition is restricted to locational behavior, independent private firms select their locations so as to maximize accessibility to their clients. The case of dentists in a rural environment supports this hypothesis by showing a significant similarity between the observed location pattern and simulated p-median configurations.

Date: 1991
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