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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Figure 3.7 Wal-Mart Stores, 1995–1999

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Figure 3.8 Wal-Mart Stores, 2000–2004

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Figure 3.9 Wal-Mart’s Entrance into Michigan (New Stores by Year)

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Figure 3.10 Population density of Wal-Mart counties by store number,

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Figure 3.11 Distance of Wal-Mart from closest neighboring store,

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Figure 4.1 Retail Employment Share in Indiana 1969–2002,

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Figure 4.2 Retail Gini Index, Indiana 1988–2004,

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Figure 4.3 Wal-Mart’s Annual Entrance in Indiana Counties..,

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Figure 4.4 Wal-Mart’s Entrance from 1988 to 2006,

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Figure 4.5 Cumulative Wal-Mart Entrance in Indiana,

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Figure 4.6 Moran’s I of Retail Employment Inequality in Indiana,

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Figure 4.7 Wal-Mart Distribution Centers, 2006,

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Figure 5.1 Mean Number of Firms Per County, Iowa,

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