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"Proximity" or Closeness Implies That a Firm Should Locate "Close

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"Proximity" or closeness implies that a firm should locate "close" to something. What are the three kinds of proximity described in the text? What are the basic conditions under which each is appropriate? What kinds of firms are likely to use each of these?


Definitions:

Deadweight Loss

A loss in economic efficiency that can occur when equilibrium for a good or a service is not achieved or is not achievable.

Inverse Demand Function

A mathematical function that describes how the quantity demanded of a good or service varies with its price, expressed as price as a function of quantity demanded.

Inverse Supply

A concept in economics that represents the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied by producers, but from the perspective of price as a function of quantity supplied.

Tax

A required monetary payment or different kind of tax levied on a taxpayer by government entities to finance government operations and public services.

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