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THE DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS *
Author(s) -
Stephan G. Edward
Publication year - 1988
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.1467-9787.1988.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , service (business) , population , econometrics , power (physics) , business , mathematics , marketing , sociology , physics , demography , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics
All previous theory and research have led to the expectation that the density of service establishments will be proportional to the 2/3 power of the density of the population served by them. Study of the distribution of over 400 nongovernmental establishments refutes this expectation for such cases. A previous derivation from time minimization theory is reformulated to encompass these new findings.