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

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: The states’ view of vertical merger guidelines in U.S. antitrust enforcement

By Phil Weiser,

February 27, 2020

February 27, 2020

Phil Weiser,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Vision 2020

Reforming U.S. antitrust enforcement and competition policy

By Fiona M. Scott Morton,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Fiona M. Scott Morton,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Monetary Policy

Vision 2020

Improving competition to lower U.S. prescription drug costs

By Aaron S. Kesselheim,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Aaron S. Kesselheim,

Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality

Vision 2020

Wage and employment implications of U.S. labor market monopsony and possible policy solutions

By Sydnee Caldwell, Suresh Naidu,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Sydnee Caldwell, Suresh Naidu,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Meta-Analysis

By Anna Sokolova, Todd Sorensen,

February 5, 2020

February 5, 2020

Anna Sokolova, Todd Sorensen,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Job Mobility, Monopsony

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“Women’s Work-Life Economics”

By Heather Boushey, Kate Bahn,

January 30, 2020

January 30, 2020

Heather Boushey, Kate Bahn,

Competition Labor Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Wellbeing, Pay Equity

working paper

Did Timing Matter? Life Cycle Differences in Effects of Exposure to the Great Recession

By Kevin Rinz,

November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019

Kevin Rinz,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Antitrust remedies to the domination of digital platform technologies and the acquisition of nascent competitors

By Michael Kades,

November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019

Michael Kades,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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The political influence and preferences of the U.S. economic elite

By Somin Park,

October 7, 2019

October 7, 2019

Somin Park,

Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Economic Inequality

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Five building blocks for antitrust success: the forthcoming FTC competition report

By Jonathan Sallet,

October 1, 2019

October 1, 2019

Jonathan Sallet,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Killer acquisitions lead to decreased innovation and competition in the U.S. prescription drug market

By Raksha Kopparam,

September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019

Raksha Kopparam,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee

By Heather Boushey,

September 19, 2019

September 19, 2019

Heather Boushey,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Childcare & Early Education, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, GDP 2.0, Income & Earnings Volatility

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