Modeling firm location in space: model estimations for the province of South-Holland

摘要

This paper describes discrete choice models for the location decision of moving firms in a spatial disaggregated environment. Each location alternative is described by a set of spatial attributes, including accessibility variables and the migration distance between the origin of the moving firm and the alternative. Systematic choice sets are applied to account for the choice context of each relocated firm. Firms are analyzed categorized in groups with similar mobility characteristics (mobility profiles). The results first of all show that it is essential to account for the original location of a firm if the spatial behavior of firms is modeled in a spatial disaggregated environment. The accessibility of locations appears to be of a modest importance in the location preference of firms and it furthermore proves to be important to account for the accessibility of locations in different ways. Furthermore distinctive taste differences between different mobility profiles can be observed.