In this article, a triangular production-location model is used to show that when output price is random, the imposition of business taxes (including lump-sum tax, profit tax, output tax, and input tax) can have significant effects on the optimal location and output of a firm attempting to...

This paper attempts to incorporate a production function with input substitution into the Smith model and to re-examine the basic properties and the shape of space cost curve. It has shown the space cost curve will be (i) concave from below in the distance plane, when the transport rate is...

This paper examines the role of variable transportation rates on the independence between optimum location and demand. When transportation rates are a function of quantity and distance, it shows that the independence between optimum location and demand crucially depends upon whether the...