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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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

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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

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Evidence indicates that mergers directly suppress wage growth for hospital workers in the United States

By Raksha Kopparam,

February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019

Raksha Kopparam,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Employer consolidation and wages: Evidence from hospitals

By Elena Prager, Matt Schmitt,

February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019

Elena Prager, Matt Schmitt,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Revitalizing U.S. antitrust enforcement is not simply a contest between Brandeis and Bork—look first to Thurman Arnold

By Jonathan B. Baker,

January 31, 2019

January 31, 2019

Jonathan B. Baker,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Equitable Growth antitrust conference presents incoming 116th U.S. Congress and the two antitrust agencies with potential new merger enforcement ideas

By Michael Kades,

December 20, 2018

December 20, 2018

Michael Kades,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Introducing the “Competitive Edge” blog series

By Raksha Kopparam,

December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018

Raksha Kopparam,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Structural presumption in U.S. merger control policy would strengthen modern antitrust enforcement

By John Kwoka,

December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018

John Kwoka,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Equitable Growth releases 2019 Request for Proposals

By Korin Davis,

November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018

Korin Davis,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Business Taxation, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Monetary Policy, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

In Conversation

In conversation with Herbert Hovenkamp and Ioana Marinescu

By Michael Kades, Kate Bahn,

October 11, 2018

October 11, 2018

Michael Kades, Kate Bahn,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Judge Kavanaugh – Would he increase the divide between the public and judicial debate over antitrust enforcement?

By Howard Shelanski, Michael Kades,

September 21, 2018

September 21, 2018

Howard Shelanski, Michael Kades,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: There is a lot to fix in U.S. antitrust enforcement today

By Fiona M. Scott Morton,

July 19, 2018

July 19, 2018

Fiona M. Scott Morton,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Anticompetitive mergers: They are not just a threat to U.S. consumers anymore

By Michael Kades,

June 20, 2018

June 20, 2018

Michael Kades,

Competition Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Unlocking Antitrust Enforcement: New Yale symposium examines proposals to make antitrust enforcement more effective

By Michael Kades,

May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018

Michael Kades,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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