Hotelling’s Game and the Median Voter Theorem

This lecture introduces Hotelling’s model, which helps explain phenomenon as disparate as gas station locations and political positions of presidential candidates.

Takeaway Points

  1. When two actors compete to minimize be closer to more customers than their competitor, they ultimately both pick the middle.
  2. Note: This result is only true when there are two actors.

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