Topic Concentration

Concentration refers to two similar but distinct issues—the size of firms relative to the economy as a whole and the size of firms relative to their competitors. Equitable Growth is interested in both aspects, with an eye to how much concentration is occurring, its direct effects on prices and wages, and its indirect effects on innovation, entrepreneurship, and inequality.

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The consequences of U.S. hospital consolidation on local economies, healthcare providers, and patients

Competition
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New research suggests connections between market concentration and the exercise of political power in the United States

Competition
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Supermarket chain Kroger’s takeover of rival Albertsons is a test for U.S. antitrust law on pre-closing dividends

Competition
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Walmart is a monopsonist that depresses earnings and employment beyond its own walls, but U.S. policymakers can do something about it

CompetitionLabor
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Falling Rates and Rising Superstars

CompetitionTax & Macroeconomics
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Competitive Edge: Big Ag’s monopsony problem: How market dominance harms U.S. workers and consumers

CompetitionLabor

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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?

CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
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The impacts of increasing U.S. hospital consolidation on Medicaid recipients

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What the research says about the impacts of hospital consolidation across the United States

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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
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The consequences of U.S. hospital consolidation on local economies, healthcare providers, and patients

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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U.S. labor market concentration, competition, and worker bargaining power as employment trends shift from manufacturing to services

Competition
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Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: The Role of Structural Transformation

Competition
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Geospatial Heterogeneity in Inflation: A Market Concentration Story

CompetitionTax & Macroeconomics
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Tracking Hospital Mergers and Understanding Which Markets are Changing

CompetitionFamilies
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The Role of Regulations in the Development of Labor Market Power: Evidence from Clean Air Act’s New Source Review Permit Program

CompetitionLabor
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New data and analysis suggest private equity takeovers of U.S. medical practices cause anticompetitive harms to patients, insurers, and employers in local markets

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Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to the Federal Trade Commission’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Non-Compete Clauses

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