In spatial competition iuml;B01rms are likely to be uncertain about consumer locations when launching products either because of shifting demographics or of asymmetric information about preferences. Realistically distributions of consumer locations should be allowed to vary over states and need...

In spatial competition firms are likely to be uncertain about demand when launching products either because of shifting demographics or of asymmetric information about preferences. This paper considers two types of prices: those set on prior information and flexible prices which adjust across...

We examine the incentives for integration between two nations of different sizes in a set up similar to that used by Alesina and Spolaore (2003): individuals are indexed by location, each nation (comprising of individuals) is an interval, and the public good in each nation is provided from its...