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
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
New research suggests connections between market concentration and the exercise of political power in the United States
January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023
Supermarket chain Kroger’s takeover of rival Albertsons is a test for U.S. antitrust law on pre-closing dividends
November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022
Walmart is a monopsonist that depresses earnings and employment beyond its own walls, but U.S. policymakers can do something about it
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Falling Rates and Rising Superstars
January 7, 2022
January 7, 2022
Competitive Edge: Big Ag’s monopsony problem: How market dominance harms U.S. workers and consumers
February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021
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Modern U.S. antitrust theory and evidence amid rising concerns of market power and its effects
May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019
Inflation inequality in the United States is due to imbalanced product innovation
May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019
Competitive Edge: Principles and presumptions for U.S. vertical merger enforcement policy
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
Economic development public policy lessons abound in New York’s Amazon HQ2 debacle
March 4, 2019
March 4, 2019
Evidence indicates that mergers directly suppress wage growth for hospital workers in the United States
February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019
Employer consolidation and wages: Evidence from hospitals
February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019
Competitive Edge: Revitalizing U.S. antitrust enforcement is not simply a contest between Brandeis and Bork—look first to Thurman Arnold
January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019
Equitable Growth antitrust conference presents incoming 116th U.S. Congress and the two antitrust agencies with potential new merger enforcement ideas
December 20, 2018
December 20, 2018
Introducing the “Competitive Edge” blog series
December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018
Competitive Edge: Structural presumption in U.S. merger control policy would strengthen modern antitrust enforcement
December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018
Equitable Growth releases 2019 Request for Proposals
November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018
In conversation with Herbert Hovenkamp and Ioana Marinescu
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018
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