Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony? Evidence from Local Labor Markets
| dc.creator | Bonanno, Alessandro | |
| dc.creator | Lopez, Rigoberto A. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T15:06:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:49:00Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.51289 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51289/files/476BonannoLopez.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51289 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/555284 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51289 | |
| dc.title | Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony? Evidence from Local Labor Markets | |
| dc.type | Text |