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

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New research suggests connections between market concentration and the exercise of political power in the United States

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Supermarket chain Kroger’s takeover of rival Albertsons is a test for U.S. antitrust law on pre-closing dividends

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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

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Falling Rates and Rising Superstars

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

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Explore Content in Concentration187

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Modern U.S. antitrust theory and evidence amid rising concerns of market power and its effects

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Inflation inequality in the United States is due to imbalanced product innovation

CompetitionLaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Competitive Edge: Principles and presumptions for U.S. vertical merger enforcement policy

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Economic development public policy lessons abound in New York’s Amazon HQ2 debacle

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

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Employer consolidation and wages: Evidence from hospitals

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Competitive Edge

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

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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

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Introducing the “Competitive Edge” blog series

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Competitive Edge

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

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Equitable Growth releases 2019 Request for Proposals

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In conversation with Herbert Hovenkamp and Ioana Marinescu

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