Location games offer simple and parsimonious frameworks for analyzing a host of issues from political competition to product positioning and business strategy. In this chapter, we review existing approaches to modeling spatial competition using location games and benefits, as well as challenges...

We address the question of competition within the location choices of firms. In a framework of agglomeration effects, both spatial and temporal dimensions of the firms' decisions are studied. We show that the competition consequences of preemptive move and optimal time of entry can interfere...