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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Table 5.4 Impact of Wal-Mart in Adjacent County

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Table 5.5 Impact of Wal-Mart on the Total Number of Firms in Iowa

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Table 5.6 Impact of Wal-Mart’s Entrance on Number of Firms in Retail Subsectors in Iowa

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Table 5.7 Impact of Adjacent Wal-Mart’s on Number of Firms in Retail Sub-sectors in Iowa

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Table 5.8 Direct Comparison of Potsdam Study Data

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Table 5.9 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Florida Cost of Living Index (1980–2004)

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Table 6.1 Quarterly Workforce Indicators Definitions

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Table 6.2 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Iowa’s Aggregate Labor Markets

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Table 6.3 Wal-Mart Sales by Categories

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Table 6.4 Wal-Mart Supplier Relationship and Wal-Mart Stores Comparison (1994)

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Table 6.5 Wal-Mart’s Impact on Temporal and Spatial Economic Stability (Washington State, 1990–2004)

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Table 7.1 Firm Characteristics for Microsimulation

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