Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Giffen good

A Giffen good is an extreme type of inferior good. A good that is so inferior and so heavily consumed at low incomes that the demand for it rises when its price rises The negative income effect of changes in price of a Giffen good is actual stronger than the substitution effect. An inferior good for which the negative income effect outweighs the substitution effect so that the demand curve is positively sloped.

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