Bonanno, Alessandro; Lopez, Rigoberto A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
and data in the 48 contiguous U.S. states for counties where the company operates, presenting for the first time a measure … significantly across the country, being higher in non-metro and rural counties, particularly in the south. For instance, Wal …-Mart’s buying power index in labor markets in rural southern and central states is estimated to be 5% or higher while the impact on …