Consumers’ Spatial Choice Behavior (International Economics and Institutions) - Softcover

Eymann, Angelika

 
9783790808520: Consumers’ Spatial Choice Behavior (International Economics and Institutions)

Synopsis

Migration, commuting, and tourism are prominent phenomena demonstrating the political and economic relevance of the spatial choice behavior of households. The identification of the determinants and effects of the households' location choice is necessary for both entrepreneurial and policy planners who attempt to predict (or regulate) the future demand for location-specific commodities, such as infrastructure, land, or housing, and the supply of labor. Microeconomic studies of the spatial behavior of individuals have typically focused upon the demand for a single, homogeneous, yet location-specific com­ 2 modity (such as land! or housing ) or their supply of labor3 and investigated the formation of location-specific prices and wages in the presence of transportation and migration costs or analyzed the individual-and location-specific character­ istics triggering spatial rather than quantitative or temporal adjustments. In contrast to many theoretical analyses, empirical studies of the causes or con­ sequences of individual demand for location-specific commodities have often considered several "brands" of a heterogeneous good that are offered at various locations, are perfect substitutes, and may be produced by varying production 4 technologies. lCf. Alonso (1964) 2Cf. Muth (1969). 3Cf. Sjaastad (1962) and Greenwood (1975).

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Synopsis

This study surveys microeconomic and microeconometric models of individual-location choice that permit the analysis of the determinants of individual choice among various combinations of location-specific goods. Using the example of tourists' destination choice, it is shown how the market segmentation process can be endogenized and implemented in nested multinomial and universal logit models. The formation of spatial alternatives and the representation of agent-specific heterogeneity are prime issues in empirical studies of location choice.

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