Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Financial Risk and Investment Management (ICFRIM 2025)

Study for the Impact of E-Commerce Market Concentration on Wealth Inequality

Authors
Ying Peng1, *
1School of Social Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: ying.peng-5@student.manchester.ac.uk
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Ying Peng
Available Online 3 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-748-9_86How to use a DOI?
Keywords
E-Commerce; Market Concentration; Wealth Inequality
Abstract

E-commerce has become a key component of the modern economy, driving growth, innovation, and global connectivity. However, it has also raised serious concerns about wealth inequality, as dominant players such as Amazon, Alibaba, and Flipkart have amassed disproportionate market power and profits. This paper examines the relationship between e-commerce concentration and wealth inequality using three different countries each a typical example of the economic structures: China, the United States, and India. In China, e-commerce bridges regional gaps but fosters wealth concentration among elites. The US exhibits amplified inequality due to labor exploitation and monopolistic behaviors, while India’s digital divide hampers equitable benefits despite SME growth. The paper offers some policy recommendations and emphasizes the importance of regulation and financial institutions to the income disparities caused by the concentration ratio of e-commerce companies. And show how crucial it is to achieve a balance between innovation and fairness to turn e-commerce into an instrument for inclusive development and a more equitable global economy.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Financial Risk and Investment Management (ICFRIM 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
3 July 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-748-9
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-748-9_86How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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