Strategic location behaviour: Temporal and spatial proximity in situation of agglomeration effects

Thierry Mayer and Jean-Louis Mucchielli

No 319, Discussion Papers, Series II from University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Abstract: We address the question of competition within the location choices of firms. In a framework of agglomeration effects, both spatial and temporal dimensions of the firms' decisions are studied. We show that the competition consequences of preemptive move and optimal time of entry can interfere with the geographical decisions. Our results contrast with those of agglomeration economics models which generally provide extreme results of mono-location. The Stackelberg equilibria described here tend to demonstrate that the relation between competition strength and spatial differentiation remains pertinent in a context of agglomeration economies.

Keywords: location theory; agglomeration effects; strategic investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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