Merriman, David; Persky, Joseph; Davis, Julie; Baiman, Ron - In: Economic Development Quarterly 26 (2012) 4, pp. 321-333
This study, the first on the impact of a WalMart in a large city, draws on three annual surveys of enterprises within a four-mile radius of a new Chicago WalMart. It shows that the probability of going out of business was significantly higher for establishments close to that store. This...