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LÖSCH'S THEOREM ON HEXAGONAL MARKET AREAS *
Author(s) -
Hartwick John M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1973.tb00396.x
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , oligopoly , citation , mathematical economics , economics , sociology , political science , law , cournot competition , hymenoptera , botany , biology
In his classic work, The Economics of Location, August Losch claimed to have proved that the free entry of firms to a market in two dimensional geographic space characterized by uniform quality throughout its area would result in hexagon-shaped market areas.