Concentration of sales and assets of the top 25 Fortune 500 firms: 1967–90

Edward Nissan Department of Economics and International Business, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5072

Regina Caveny Department of Management Information Systems, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 10064, Southern Station, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, USA

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The present paper, using various indexes of concentration in business, assesses the level of concentration of the top 25 United States industrial firms reported annually by Fortune. An overall conclusion is reached that concentration increased between 1967 and 1990, most noticeably during the 1980s.

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