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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-17 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-17.
The Alchian–Allen effect was described in 1964 by Armen Alchian and William R Allen in the book University Economics. It states that when the prices of two substitute goods, such as high and low grades of the same product, are both increased by a fixed per-unit amount such as a transportation cost or a lump-sum tax, consumption will shift toward the higher-grade product. This is because the added per-unit amount decreases the relative price of the higher-grade product.
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