The Impact of Agglomeration Economies on Estimated Demand Thresholds: An Extension of Wensley and Stabler
Central place theory predicts that geographic markets located in rural areas have lower demand thresholds, and, therefore, a higher frequency of business establishments relative to areas that are more proximate to urban centers, other things equal. Wensley and Stabler (1998) confirm this prediction using data on the location and frequency of business activities in rural Saskatchewan. We demonstrate that this relationship may not always hold true depending on the existence and magnitude of agglomeration economies. If average cost differences associated with being located in an urbanized area are sufficiently large, then the relationship between urban proximity and number of establishments may be reversed. We provide evidence of this reversal using 1996 cross-sectional data on hospital services in Texas. Copyright 2000 Blackwell Publishers
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2000
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Authors: | Henderson, James W. ; Kelly, Thomas M. ; Taylor, Beck A. |
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Journal of Regional Science. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0022-4146. - Vol. 40.2000, 4, p. 719-733
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