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

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

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The links between stagnating wages and buyer power in U.S. supply chains

By Nathan Wilmers,

May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

Nathan Wilmers,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Wage Stagnation

Past Event

Seminar Series: Structural Presumption and Safe Harbor in Merger Review (Invitation only)

February 22, 2018 12:15PM - 1:30PM

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Past Event

Seminar Series: Rise of Monopoly Power in the United States—Macroeconomic Implications (Invitation only)

November 14, 2017 12:15PM - 1:30PM

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

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New federal antitrust legislation recognizes U.S. workers are not only consumers

By Liz Hipple,

September 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

Liz Hipple,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Past Event

Seminar Series: Platforms and Commerce (Invitation only)

September 13, 2017 12:15PM - 1:30PM

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

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Issue Brief: A communications oligopoly on steroids

By Equitable Growth,

July 31, 2017

July 31, 2017

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Issue brief: U.S. antitrust and competition policy amid the new merger wave

By Equitable Growth,

July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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U.S. antitrust and competition policy amid the new merger wave

By John Kwoka,

July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017

John Kwoka,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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A communications oligopoly on steroids

By Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper,

July 18, 2017

July 18, 2017

Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Unions, managers and monopolies: how concentration and managerial power contribute to rising wage inequality

By Nathan Wilmers,

July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017

Nathan Wilmers,

Labor Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Concentration

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Concentration of corporate ownership and inequality

By Alex Xi He,

July 5, 2017

July 5, 2017

Alex Xi He,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

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Market power in the U.S. economy today

By Jonathan B. Baker,

March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Jonathan B. Baker,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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