Shipping the good apples out? An empirical confirmation of the Alchian-Allen conjecture

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1384-1402

  Hummels, David ^a   Skiba, Alexandre ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRICE DETERMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 12144270842     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422562     Document Type: Article

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