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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony? Evidence from Local Labor Markets
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| Autores: |
Bonanno, Alessandro
Lopez, Rigoberto A.
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| Data: |
2009-06-17
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Wal-Mart
Monopsony power
Wages
Labor
Retailing
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Industrial Organization
Labor and Human Capital
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
J42
L13
L81
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| Resumo: |
This paper measures the degree of monopsony power exerted by Wal-Mart over retail workers using a dominant-firm model and data in the 48 contiguous U.S. states for counties where the company operates, presenting for the first time a measure of the company’s anticompetitive behavior. Empirical results show that Wal-Mart’s monopsony power over workers varies significantly across the country, being higher in non-metro and rural counties, particularly in the south. For instance, Wal-Mart’s buying power index in labor markets in rural southern and central states is estimated to be 5% or higher while the impact on northeastern states’ retail wages is negligible.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51289
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
476
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| Formato: |
36
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