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		| Barnali  Gupta | 
	
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		| ''Delivered Pricing, Positive Externalities and Firm Dispersion'' | 
	
		| ( 2008, Vol. 12 No.32 ) | 
	
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		| This note examines firm locations in a delivered pricing model with positive production externalities. We find that, quite counter intuitively, firms will disperse rather than move closer, when production externalities are positive and reciprocal. Furthermore, we see a divergence between the private and social optimal locations, which is in contrast to the coincidence of these locations in the standard delivered pricing model. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Location dispersion | 
	
		| JEL: L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Nov 11 2008 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Nov 12 2008 | 
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