Wal-Mart and social capital

Stephan J. Goetz; Anil Rupasingha

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00949.x

Wal-Mart and social capital

Stephan J. Goetz
, Anil Rupasingha

Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

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Abstract

The impacts of Big Box Stores such as Wal-Mart to local social and civic capital were studied. A conceptual model of the processes leading to changes in social capital was proposed. Into this model, the number of Wal-Mart stores in 1987 and the predicted change in the number of stores during the 1990s decade were introduced. Overall, results show that the presence of Wal-Mart depresses social capital stocks in local communities, measured at the country-level.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1304-1310
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Volume	88
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00949.x
State	Published - Dec 2006

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics

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