Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/118764 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 75-99
Publisher: 
Universität Siegen, Fakultät III, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht, Siegen
Abstract: 
A model of interregional competition for the location of new (production) facilities by a location decision maker (LDM) is analyzed as a differential game. Two regions try to enhance their attraction by making concessions to the LDM in order to raise the probability that a new facility will be located in a specific region, the benefit of which consists of the number of new jobs, new income etc. It is shown that the prospective benefits and costs of exerting influence are decisive for the final outcomes of the model. The open-loop Nash equilibrium solution -- which is also a degenerate feedback solution due to the simple structure of the model -- is likely to be inefficient in comparison with the cooperative solution of joint benefit maximization of both regions.
Subjects: 
Differential Game
Location Theory
Regional Competition
JEL: 
R38
C73
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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