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In this chapter we return to the perfectly homogeneous plain settled by a population at a uniform density. Let a consumption good be produced in economic centers rather than in all locations for the reasons discussed in chapter 1. The problem to be studied in this chapter concerns to spacing -or density- of such centers and the shape of their market areas. Two questions arise: what spacing is optimal and what spacing results under free entry into a spatial market with specified conditions of competition?
This chapter is based on the article “On the Shape and Size of Market Areas” by Martin J. Beckmann, the Annals of Regional Science (1989).
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Beckmann, M.J., Puu, T. (1990). The Shape and Size of Löschian Market Areas. In: Spatial Structures. Advances in Spatial and Network Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75277-3_3
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