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Does Wal-Mart reduce social capital?

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  • Art Carden

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  • Charles Courtemanche

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  • Jeremy Meiners

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Public Choice.

Volume (Year): 138 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 (January)
Pages: 109-136

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Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:138:y:2009:i:1:p:109-136

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Keywords: Wal-Mart; Social capital; Community; Retail; A10; A13; D00; Z1;

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  1. Swinnen, Jo & Van Herck, Kristine, 2011. "Poland, Bulgaria and Romania: Social Impact of Discount and Organized Food Retail Formats on Remote Regions," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/319424, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  2. Courtemanche, Charles & Carden, Art, 2011. "Competing with Costco and Sam's Club: Warehouse Club Entry and Grocery Prices," Working Papers 11-7, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
  3. Courtemanche, Charles & Carden, Art, 2008. "Supersizing Supercenters? The Impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Body Mass Index and Obesity," Working Papers 09-3, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics, revised 29 Jan 2009.
  4. Guido De Blasio & Guglielmo Barone, 2011. "Local electoral rules and political participation," ERSA conference papers ersa11p418, European Regional Science Association.
  5. Claudia Williamson, 2009. "Informal institutions rule: institutional arrangements and economic performance," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 139(3), pages 371-387, June.
  6. Courtemanche, Charles & Carden, Art, 2009. "The skinny on big box retailing: Wal-Mart, warehouse clubs, and obesity," MPRA Paper 25326, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  7. Emily Chamlee-Wright & Virgil Storr, 2011. "Social capital, lobbying and community-based interest groups," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 149(1), pages 167-185, October.

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