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The purpose of this paper is to explore the interface between private and public service location behaviour. An empirical test investigates the following hypothesis: when competition is restricted to locational behaviour, independent private firms select their locations so as to maximize accessibility to their clients. The case of dentists in a rural environment supports this hypothesis by showing a significant similarity between the observed location pattern and simulatedp-median configurations.
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Beguin, H., Ipanga, T. Private versus public service location behaviour. Ann Reg Sci 25, 115–130 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01581890
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