Spatial aspects of choice and competition

Aue, Jan Robert

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/56050
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-560504
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2020
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Sovinsky, Michelle
Date of oral examination:	7 August 2020
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Law and Economics > VWL, Industrieökonomik, Angewandte Gesundheitsökonomik (Sovinsky 2015-) Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - CDSE (Economics)
Subject:	310 Statistics 330 Economics 380 Commerce, communications, transportation
Classification:	JEL: R12, I18, L5, L81, C57, C51, C52, C73,
Individual keywords (German):	Apotheke , Industrieökonomik , Preiswettbewerb , räumliches Gleichgewicht , Schulwahl
Keywords (English):	industrial organization , pharmacies , school choice , spatial competition , spatial choice , price competition
Abstract:	This dissertation explores two main topics: first, it asks how retail frms interact with each other at close quarters; and second, it explores how students beneit from having more choice in the decisions to choose a secondary school. Both topics have a spatial dimension: retail firms compete with other retail firms who are nearby and, as we establish, students consider commuting times as an important selection criterion so they choose schools which are closer more frequently. These aspects motivate the reference to the spatial dimension of choice and competition in the title of this dissertation.