Does Wal-Mart reduce social capital?

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-136

  Carden, Art ^a   Courtemanche, Charles ^b   Meiners, Jeremy ^c  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c AGREM LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Retail; Social capital; Wal Mart

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249115089     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9342-6     Document Type: Article

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