Antitrust Enforcement as Federal Policy to Reduce Regional Economic Disparities

Robert Manduca

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2019, vol. 685, issue 1, 156-171

Abstract: Regions of the United States have seen their incomes diverge dramatically over the last four decades. This article makes the empirical and political case for treating regional economic disparities as a national phenomenon best resolved through federal policy, rather than exclusively as a matter of local responsibility. It then considers reinvigorated antitrust enforcement as an example of a federal policy that would strengthen local economies while benefiting from policy feedback effects.

Keywords: inequality; regional disparities; antitrust; policy feedbacks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716219868141

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