Paruchuri, Srikanth; Baum, Joel A. C.; Potere, David - In: Economic Geography 85 (2009) 2, pp. 209-236
During the past quarter century, large multistore retailers have experienced considerable growth. In this article, we examine the widely held belief that the expansion of these chain stores, Wal-Mart in particular, has had a large negative impact on the small locally owned retail sector. Our...