This paper develops a two-dimensional spatial framework to explore the firms' optimal locations and optimal attributes of basic products under linear transportation costs, in which firms have the technique of flexible manufacturing and engage in spatially discriminatory pricing. We can observe...

Here we reproduce the table of contents and the introductory chapter to our book of related essays published by Edward Elgar. These essays deal with the important implications of allowing for the distribution of goods in characteristic space and of producers in geographic space. Although several...

This paper proposes a simple method measuring spatial robustness of estimated coefficients and considers the role of administrative districts and regions' size. The procedure, dubbed "Grid and Shake", offers a solution for a practical empirical issue, when one compares a variables of interest...