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Walmart and Values: Painting the Town Red?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Art Carden ,
Charles Courtemanche  and
Jeremy Meiners
Art Carden
Affiliation:
Rhodes College
Charles Courtemanche
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Jeremy Meiners
Affiliation:
Agrem LLC
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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.

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Walmartsocial capitalcommunityvalues
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Business and Politics , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 2009 , pp. 1 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2009 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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