INDIVISIBILITIES, INFERIOR GOODS, AND GIFFEN GOODS

Authors
GARRATT R
Citation
R. Garratt, INDIVISIBILITIES, INFERIOR GOODS, AND GIFFEN GOODS, Canadian journal of economics, 30(1), 1997, pp. 246-251
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Canadian journal of economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084085
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
246 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4085(1997)30:1<246:IIGAGG>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The paper shows how the presence of an indivisible good can cause a di visible good to be inferior and possibly Giffen. Indivisibility is sho wn to be central to a discussion by J.R. Hicks on inferior goods.