Journal Article Spatial Competition and the Core Get access Jonathan H. Hamilton, Jonathan H. Hamilton University of Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W. Bentley MacLeod, W. Bentley MacLeod Universite de Montreal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jacques-François Thisse Jacques-François Thisse CORE and Virginia Polytechnic Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 106, Issue 3, August 1991, Pages 925–937, https://doi.org/10.2307/2937934 Published: 01 August 1991