This paper studies the determinants of location choice by foreign investors in France. A new sample of almost 4000 location choices over 10 years and 92 administrative locations is used to measure two important issues : To what extent do foreign investors cluster spatially and are the decision...

The model developed in this paper extends the strategic location framework under Cournot competition in order to allow for different production costs across locations.

Kinckerbocker (1973) introduced "oligopolistic reaction" to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets. We develop a model that incorporates the central features of Kinckerbocker's story -oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion- to establish the conditions required to generate...

Knickerbocker (1973) introduced "oligopolistic Reaction" to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets. We develop a model that incorporates the central features of Knickerbocker's stroy - oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion - to establish the conditions required to generate...