【摘要】Dispersed consumer amenities such as shopping and cultural attractions greatly influence land use patterns and rent gradients. Lai and Tsai (J Urban Econ 63:536-543; ) generalize the traditional Alonso-Mills-Muth model by introducing a monopoly vendor and show that the vendor will choose a boundary location. We generalize their model by allowing for inter-city shopping; which is very common in the real world. The location choice of a monopoly vendor and the consequent changes of urban configuration in two adjacent cities are discussed. This paper shows that as the distance between two CBDs decreases; the vendor may choose to locate at an inner city boundary; at the mid-point between the two cities; and at one of the outer boundaries; respectively. In many cases; a core-periphery urban structure will result. 

【文献来源】Lai F C;Merriman D;Tsai J F. Annals of regional Science.2014（3）