LEARNING AND LOCATION

Joanne Sault, Otto Tovianen and Michael Waterson

No 269587, Economic Research Papers from University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper we study whether learning from rivals affects within-market location decisions between competing firms. We show it does, using detailed locational data from two leading hamburger chains in the UK. Using four different tests, we demonstrate that alternative explanations – pre-emption and product differentiation – have less bite than between firm learning.

Keywords: Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269587

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