Concentration Archives - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Climate
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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

By Laura Alexander,

January 12, 2023

January 12, 2023

Laura Alexander,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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

By Laura Alexander,

November 16, 2022

November 16, 2022

Laura Alexander,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration

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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

By Justin Wiltshire,

March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022

Justin Wiltshire,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monopsony

working paper

Falling Rates and Rising Superstars

By Thomas Kroen, Ernest Liu, Atif Mian, Amir Sufi,

January 7, 2022

January 7, 2022

Thomas Kroen, Ernest Liu, Atif Mian, Amir Sufi,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monetary Policy

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Kate Bahn testimony before the Joint Economic Committee on monopsony, workers, and corporate power

By Kate Bahn,

July 14, 2021

July 14, 2021

Kate Bahn,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monopsony

Competitive Edge

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

By Hiba Hafiz, Nathan Miller,

February 18, 2021

February 18, 2021

Hiba Hafiz, Nathan Miller,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monopsony

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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

By Equitable Growth,

November 30, 2023

November 30, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

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

By Amy Phillips,

November 15, 2023

November 15, 2023

Amy Phillips,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

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

By Laura Alexander,

September 6, 2023

September 6, 2023

Laura Alexander,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

working paper

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

By David Autor, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen,

September 6, 2023

September 6, 2023

David Autor, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

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Geospatial Heterogeneity in Inflation: A Market Concentration Story

By Michael Navarrete, Seula Kim,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Michael Navarrete, Seula Kim,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monetary Policy

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Tracking Hospital Mergers and Understanding Which Markets are Changing

By Zack Cooper, Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Stuart Craig,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Zack Cooper, Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Stuart Craig,

Competition Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Health

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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

By Jonathan Kowarski,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Jonathan Kowarski,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Monopsony

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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

By Laura Alexander,

July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023

Laura Alexander,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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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

By Equitable Growth,

April 20, 2023

April 20, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Wage Stagnation

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

By Laura Alexander,

January 12, 2023

January 12, 2023

Laura Alexander,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

working paper

Political Power and Market Power

By Bo Cowgill, Andrea Prat, Tomasso M. Valletti,

January 12, 2023

January 12, 2023

Bo Cowgill, Andrea Prat, Tomasso M. Valletti,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

working paper

Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers

By Arindrajit Dube, Suresh Naidu, Adam Reich,

December 14, 2022

December 14, 2022

Arindrajit Dube, Suresh Naidu, Adam Reich,

Labor Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Concentration, Monopsony

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