Title: On the foundations of monopolistic competition and economic geography : the selected essays of B. Curtis Eaton and Richard G. Lipsey.
Authors: Eaton, Buford Curtis, 1943-; Lipsey, Richard G., 1928-
Publisher: Edward Elgar,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Space in economics.; Industrial location.; Economic geography.; Competition
Contents: Introduction: Beyond Neoclassical Competitive Economics -- 1. The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition -- 2. The Non-Uniqueness of Equilibrium in the Loschian Location Model -- 3. The Introduction of Space into the Neoclassical Model of Value Theory -- 4. Spatial Monopoly, Natural Monopoly, Pure Profits, and Land Rents -- 5. A Comment on Location and Industrial Efficiency with Free Entry -- 6. Freedom of Entry and the Existence of Pure Profit -- 7. The Theory of Market Pre-emption: The Persistence of Excess Capacity and Monopoly in Growing Spatial Markets -- 8. Comparison Shopping and the Clustering of Homogenous Firms -- 9. The Block Metric and the Law of Markets -- 10. Exit Barriers are Entry Barriers: The Durability of Capital as a Barrier to Entry -- 11. Capital, Commitment, and Entry Equilibrium -- 12. An Economic Theory of Central Places -- 13. Address Models of Value Theory.