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
Competitive Edge

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

CompetitionLabor

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How minimum-wage increases affect the flow of firms

CompetitionLabor
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Equitable growth and Southern California’s aerospace industry

Competition
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Why ‘disgorging the cash’ can undermine economic growth

CompetitionTax & Macroeconomics
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TOPICS: Concentration
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We need better data on U.S. entrepreneurship

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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Putting rents at the center of U.S. income inequality

CompetitionLabor
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The relationship between U.S. productivity growth and the decline in the labor share of national income

CompetitionInequality & Mobility
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What explains the decline in U.S. public corporations?

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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Big data and price discrimination

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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Entrepreneurship, creative destruction, and inequality at the top of the income ladder

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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Jean Tirole and competition in the modern economy

Competition
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TOPICS: Concentration
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