Yeh, Suwanakul, and Mai (1996) use a triangular production location model to study
the impact of various business taxes on the output and location decisions of a
competitive firm facing a random price. In this "Comment," it is shown that their
results are exclusively output driven, and the very same results would be obtained
for any internal or external factor, other than a business tax, that results in an output
change.
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