Painting the Town Red? Wal-Mart and Values

Art Carden (), Charles Courtemanche and Jeremy Meiners ()
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Art Carden: Rhodes College, Postal: Department of Economics and Business, Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112
Jeremy Meiners: AGREM LLC, Postal: AGREM LLC, 17122 North 3800, East Anchor, IL 61720

No 09-5, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: This essay explores the relationship between commerce and culture in the context of the recent debate over the social effect of Wal-Mart. In spite of much public debate, little is known about how Wal-Mart affects values. Using data collected from multiple sources, we show there is little evidence that Wal-Mart makes communities more conservative or more progressive.

Keywords: Wal-Mart; values; retail; social capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 L81 N30 O18 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2008-08-24, Revised 2009-04-01
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