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The Effect of Reductions in Concentration on Income Distribution

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The simulation model of this study indicates that a decline in above n ormal profits associated with concentration will cause a redistribution of incom e from the highest of six income classes to low and middle income classes. The m agnitude of gains and losses range from 0.2 to 0.9 percent of income for reducti ons in four-firm concentration ratios to 50 percent in all manufacturing industr ies. The methodology uses consumer expenditure data and input-output information to estimate the impact on payments made to capital, and uses income tax data on income sources by income class to estimate the impact on income received from c apital ownership. Estimates of the change in profits resulting from a change in concentration are based on a published concentration-profits regression. Copyright 1987 by MIT Press.

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  • Powell, Irene, 1987. "The Effect of Reductions in Concentration on Income Distribution," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 69(1), pages 75-82, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:69:y:1987:i:1:p:75-82
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    1. Connor, John M. & Peterson, Everett B., 1993. "New Estimates of Welfare and Consumer Losses in U.S. Food Manufacturing," Staff Papers 200402, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    2. Calixto Salomão Filho, 2015. "Monopolies and Underdevelopment," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 16587.

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