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Amazon Facilities' Impact on Local Economies


The Impact of Amazon Facilities on Local Economies

We show a significant positive effect of opening Amazon's distribution facilities on counties' economic outcomes.

How Amazon changes local economies when it moves in

In 2023, Amazon's investments contributed $4 billion to Tennessee's gross domestic product and supported 15,000 indirect jobs, according to data ...

Do Amazon Fulfillment Centers Help or Harm Local Economies?

Given the enormous economic investment necessary to attract an Amazon warehouse, and the unequivocal evidence for Amazon's negative impact on local economies, ...

Amazon investment boosts job numbers and increases household ...

A photo of an employee standing in an aisle at an Amazon fulfillment center. A new study finds that Amazon improves economic opportunity for the ...

What Happens When Amazon Moves into Your Small Town?

Officials from Etna, Rossford and Euclid say their local Amazon facilities improved their communities by employing thousands of people and ...

Unfulfilled promises: Amazon fulfillment centers do not generate ...

We use a high-quality dataset that provides cross-locale variation to assess the effect of opening an Amazon fulfillment center on county-level ...

How Amazon boosts local economies in the communities we invest

New third-party research demonstrates that Amazon's investments in Europe have a positive economic effect to communities around Amazon's fulfilment centres ( ...

7 key stats that help explain Amazon's economic impact in the U.S.

Communities that Amazon invests in see an average increase of 900 local retail jobs. ... Economists looked at the number of jobs created in ...

Amazon Facilities' Impact on Local Economies - Penn Presents

The purpose of this research project was to determine how much of an economic impact (if any) Amazon has on communities by analyzing ...

The Amazon Effect on the U.S. Economy - Investopedia

Amazon disrupted traditional retail and accelerated the demise of struggling players. Its focus on online sales means its overhead costs are ...

The Local Harms of Amazon and What State Lawmakers Can Do ...

Ban Subsidies for Retail Warehouses: State lawmakers can block any state or local economic development dollars from subsidizing warehouse or ...

When Amazon Expands, These Communities Pay the Price

“Amazon partners with local stakeholders to weigh a variety of factors before buying, building, or leasing an Amazon facility in any community,” ...

What happens when Amazon comes to town - The Economist

A forthcoming study by Vikram Pathania and Serguei Netessine, economists at Amazon who have posts at the University of Sussex and the University ...

Impact of Amazon Fulfillment Centers on Surrounding Commercial ...

Supply Chain Efficiency: Proximity to an Amazon fulfillment center can turbocharge the supply chain for local businesses. Faster delivery times ...

The Impact of Amazon Warehouses on Communities - Planetizen

Often located in low-income communities of color, Amazon's warehouses contribute to public health impacts like poor air quality, noise pollution, and traffic ...

Amazon fulfillment centers not actually a good deal for regional ...

While they may create some jobs, it's unlikely that they are making a significant impact on regional economies. The report is timely, ...

The Impact of Amazon Facilities on Local Economies - EconBiz

The Impact of Amazon Facilities on Local Economies ; 2022 · Pathania, Vikram ; Netessine, Serguei · [S.l.] : SSRN · Amazonasgebiet | Amazon region | ...

Beyond HQ2: How should local economic development officials ...

Amazon's recent announcement that it is soliciting bids from metro areas to establish a second headquarters site in North America has set ...

Brix, Amazon could have big economic impact | Peninsula Daily News

... facilities in Port Angeles that have the potential to significantly impact employment and the local economy. Brix Marine and Amazon on ...

Amazon's warehouses don't boost overall employment, study finds

Long before scores of cities vied for Amazon's second headquarters and the thousands of well-paid tech workers it would attract, local ...