Economics has been a non-experimental science for a long time. In just a few decades economics was profoundly transformed : today the experimental method is a legitimate tool in the hands of economists. A proper history of experimental economics is yet to be written. The purpose of the article...

New location models are presented here for exploring the reduction of facilities in a region. The first of these models considers firms ceding market share to competitors under situations of financial exigency. The goal of this model is to cede the least market share, i.e., retain as much of the...

The authors propose a model for locating a fixed number of multiple-server service centers or facilities that may become congested. Customers arriving at these centers must wait in line until served. The locations of the facilities and the allocations of customers to them are chosen by the...