The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart
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The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart By Michael J. Hicks

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Income effect, 32, 33, 84t, 85t, 126, 188n5

Income tax, 172–174, 177t, 179, 182, 197t, 205, 211t, 299

Incumbent firms, 32n2, 56, 100, 122, 133, 172, 236, 275

Indiana, 86–88, 89f, 90f, 91, 92, 94t, 98, 119, 166, 175t, 178t, 180t, 232, 238, 283t

Individual design review, 274t

Infill incentives, 274t

Infrastructure, 81, 86, 188, 190–192, 197t, 200t

Infrastructure assistance, 197t, 202

Infrastructure grants, 273

Input-output analysis, 36

Institute for Industrial Relations, 31

Instrument (see also instrumental), 39, 40, 59, 60–63, 68, 80, 83, 104–107, 111, 112t, 131–133, 139, 142, 143, 165, 171, 173, 182, 185, 202, 210, 213, 217, 225, 237, 238

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 232, 233

Interstate highway system, 21, 22

Iowa, 30, 72, 73, 76t, 78t, 102, 103, 106, 112t, 113t, 115t, 116–118, 140–143, 144t, 175t, 178t, 212t, 237, 238, 239t, 283t

J.C. Penney, 8t, 10f

Jenks, Oklahoma, 257t

Jewelry, 95, 149t

Job Training and Worker Recruit-ment Funds, 197t

John Kenneth Galbraith, 161

Joseph Schumpeter (see also Schumpeterian), 140

Journal of Retailing, 155

Judge Albert Doub, 16

Junior League, 232

Kansas, 78t, 175t, 178t, 283t, 287t

Katz & Besthoff, 8t

Kawliga, 15n5

Kentucky, 19, 175t, 178t, 180, 283t, 287t, 290, 291

Kentucky’s Long Term Policy Research Center (KLTPRC), 180

Keystone Grocery and Tea Company, 16

Keystone v. Huster, 16

Kinder, 257t

Kingston, 77t

Kirksville, Missouri, 257t

Kmart, 21, 59, 81, 100, 102t, 120f, 128, 157, 253, 260, 297

Kroger Grocery, 17

Ku Klux Klan, 16

Labor Force Participation, 43, 206, 221, 231, 232, 241–243, 244t, 262, 263, 301f, 302

Labor market, 3, 31, 36, 71–73, 82, 83, 84t, 86, 94, 98, 99, 121, 135, 138, 139, 144t, 146, 224, 226, 231, 241, 242, 244–246, 276, 277

Labor Productivity Effect, 32, 35

Lake Elsinore, California, 200t

Landscaping design, 274t

Lane Bryant, 8t

Law of Demand, 124, 125, 128

Levi’s (see also Levi Strauss), 152n9, 157, 158, 160, 162

Lewis & Clark College, 285

LIEAP (energy), 211t

Lighting design, 274t

Lions, 232

Little Rock (Asher), Arkansas, 257t

Living wage, 278, 279, 300

Living wage ordinances, 266, 274t, 276–280, 293