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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony? Evidence from Local Labor Markets
Autores: | Bonanno,   Alessandro; Lopez,   Rigoberto A.
Data: | 2009-06-17
Ano: | 2009
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.
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.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/51289

Relação:

International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China

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Formato: | 36