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100	1		_aMiron, John R. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Geography of Competition _h[electronic resource] : _bFirms, Prices, and Localization / _cby John R. Miron.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York, _c2010.
300			_aXIII, 428p. 74 illus. _bonline resource.
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505	0		_aThe Craft of the Story Teller: Economic reasoning in a geographic setting -- The Firm at Home and Abroad: Monopoly at two places -- Logistics and Programming: Getting the commodity to customers -- The Struggling Masses: Perfect competition at two places -- Arbitrage in the Grand Scheme: Perfect competition at many places -- Ferrying Inputs and Outputs: Factory location in a non-ubiquitous world -- What the Firm does On-site: Insurance, agglomeration, and the organization of the firm -- Staking out the Firm's Market: Price and the geometry of competition -- The Cautious Farmer and the Local Market: Market participation under uncertainty -- Farming for Cash: Market participation and demand -- The City and its Hinterland: A regional economy with substitutability in production -- Local Production and Consumption: Substitutability, saturation, and the regional economy.
520			_aThis book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and expert synthesis of location theory. What are the impacts of a firm’s geographic location on the locations of customers, suppliers, and competitors in a market economy? How, when, and why does this result in the clustering of firms in space? When and how is society made better or worse off as a result? This book uses dozens of locational models to address aspects of these three questions. Classical location problems considered include Greenhut-Manne, Hitchcock-Koopmans, and Weber-Launhardt. The book reinterprets competitive location theory, focusing on the linkages between Walrasian price equilibrium and the localization of firms. It also demonstrates that competitive location theory offers diverse ideas about the nature of market equilibrium in geographic space and its implications for a broad range of public policies, including free trade, industrial policy, regional development, and investment in infrastructure. With an extensive bibliography and fresh, interdisciplinary approach, the book will be an invaluable reference for academics and researchers with an interest in regional science, economic geography, and urban planning, as well as policy advisors, urban planners, and consultants.
650		0	_aEconomics.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aRegional planning.
650		0	_aRegional economics.
650	1	4	_aEconomics/Management Science.
650	2	4	_aRegional/Spatial Science.
650	2	4	_aEconomic Theory.
650	2	4	_aEconomic Geography.
650	2	4	_aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781441956255
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5626-2
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