This important two volume set provides the main contributions to product differentiation theory, starting from early works to recent advances. A taxonomy based on modern economic theory puts the papers into a new perspective. The resulting collection of papers gives the reader the fundamental...

In recent years a growing number of social scientists have become increasingly interested in the study of location problems. This interest has been fostered by the integration of national economies within broader spaces such as the EU or NAFTA as well as by their impact on the development of...