IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envira/v22y1990i5p583-599.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Spatial Search Processes and Spatial Interaction: 1. Sequential Search, Intervening Opportunities, and Spatial Search Equilibrium

Author

Listed:
  • H Jayet

    (Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, Research Unit, 18 Boulevard Adolphe-Pinard, 75675 Paris, Cedex 14, France)

Abstract

In this paper some of the main properties of spatial interaction models deriving from a spatial search process are examined. First, a rigorous definition of the idea of sequentiality of a spatial search process is developed. The departure point of this definition is that if one moves from some region in space to another, so does the spatial repartition of opportunities to be found. Then, the probability of finding an opportunity within the region one leaves decreases, whereas it increases for the region one is going into. Second, it is shown that when a spatial search process is sequential, the corresponding spatial interaction function is one of intervening opportunities. In the last part of the paper a spatial search equilibrium when searchers are competing for the same opportunities is examined. It appears that the effect of competition on one's search process is given by a competing searchers effect, corresponding to the mean duration of vacant opportunities.

Suggested Citation

  • H Jayet, 1990. "Spatial Search Processes and Spatial Interaction: 1. Sequential Search, Intervening Opportunities, and Spatial Search Equilibrium," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 22(5), pages 583-599, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:22:y:1990:i:5:p:583-599
    DOI: 10.1068/a220583
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a220583
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1068/a220583?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Other versions of this item:

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Wasmer, Etienne & Zenou, Yves, 1999. "Does Space Affect Search? A Theory of Local Unemployment," CEPR Discussion Papers 2157, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. H Jayet, 1990. "Spatial Search Processes and Spatial Interaction: 2. Polarization, Concentration, and Spatial Search Equilibrium," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 22(6), pages 719-732, June.
    3. Yongwan Chun, 2008. "Modeling network autocorrelation within migration flows by eigenvector spatial filtering," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 317-344, December.
    4. Wasmer, Etienne & Zenou, Yves, 2002. "Does City Structure Affect Job Search and Welfare?," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 515-541, May.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:22:y:1990:i:5:p:583-599. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.