Spatial Cournot Competition and Heterogeneous Production Costs Across Locations

Thierry Mayer

Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1)

Abstract: The model developped in this paper extends the strategic location framework under Cournot competition in order to allow for different production costs across locations. The subgame perfect equilibria where two firms choose first a location and then quantities is analyzed under general production cost distributions. It appears that central agglomeration (the equilibrium under the uniform production costs distribution) only arises in the particular case where the center of the segment yields the minimal production cost. If the production cost distribution is globally convex, an agglomerated equilibrium exists at an intermediary point between the locations minimizing production cost and transport cost respectively. The conditions are also derived for the existence of symmetric dispersed location equilibria. Two specific production cost distributions are analyzed: The linear and the inverted U one. It is demonstrated that the unique equilibrium in the linear distribution case is an agglomerated equilibrium and that the inverted U distribution yields a symmetric location of firms in equilibrium

Keywords: Borders; European Union; gravity; non-tariff barriersStrategic location choice; Cournot duopoly; spatial competition; agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 1999-05
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Published in Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, 30, (3), 2000, pp. 325-352

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Journal Article: Spatial Cournot competition and heterogeneous production costs across locations (2000)
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Working Paper: Spatial Cournot Competition and Heterogeneous Production Costs Across Locations (2000)
Working Paper: Spatial Cournot Competition and Heterogeneous Production Costs Across Locations (1999)
Working Paper: Spatial Cournot Competition and Heterogeneous Production Costs Across Locations (1999)
Working Paper: Spatial Cournot Competition and Heterogeneous Production Costs Across Locations (1999)
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