Shipping the Good Apples Out: Some Ambiguities in the Interpretation of "Fixed Charge"

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Previous articleNext article No AccessCommentsShipping the Good Apples Out: Some Ambiguities in the Interpretation of "Fixed Charge"John UmbeckJohn Umbeck Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 88, Number 1Feb., 1980 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/260856 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 23Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1980 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Charlotte Emlinger, Viola Lamani International trade, quality sorting and trade costs: the case of Cognac, Review of World Economics 156, no.33 (Jan 2020): 579–609.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-019-00372-zJ. 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