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:
- AI, tech, & the economy
- 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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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,

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TOPICS: Concentration

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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,

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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

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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

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

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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Labor Non-Compete Agreements: Tool for Economic Efficiency, or Means to Extract Value from Workers?

By David Balan,

January 28, 2021

January 28, 2021

David Balan,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Monopsony

Boosting Wages

Boosting wages when U.S. labor markets are not competitive

By Ioana Marinescu,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Ioana Marinescu,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Expert Focus

Expert Focus: Understanding the role of market structure in equitable growth

By Christian Edlagan, Maria Monroe,

December 16, 2020

December 16, 2020

Christian Edlagan, Maria Monroe,

Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality

Coronavirus Recession

How to bring down the price of drugs such as the novel coronavirus therapy remdesivir

By Aaron S. Kesselheim,

November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020

Aaron S. Kesselheim,

Competition Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Economic Wellbeing

Past Event

Restoring Competition in the United States: A Vision of Antitrust Enforcement for the Next Decade

November 19, 2020 1:00PM - 4:10PM

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Equitable Growth’s Amanda Fischer joins others in comment letter to antitrust regulator on harmful U.S. banking consolidation

By Equitable Growth,

October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality

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Testimony by Michael Kades before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on digital markets

By Michael Kades,

October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

Michael Kades,

Labor Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Remedying monopoly violation by social networks—the role of interoperability and rulemaking

By Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,

September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020

Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Interoperability as a competition remedy for digital networks

By Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,

September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020

Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Coronavirus Recession

Main Street’s workers, families, and small businesses are now suffering as Wall Street prospers from policies to fight the coronavirus recession

By Amanda Fischer,

September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020

Amanda Fischer,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

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Mark-ups in the cement industry: An evolution of scale economies and market power

By Nathan Miller,

August 28, 2020

August 28, 2020

Nathan Miller,

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TOPICS: Concentration

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