以下是引用liyg2000在2009-4-17 9:22:00的发言:
那是不是说你的答案是:股票不是吉芬物品,因为这是两条不同的需求曲线?
我没这样说!
吉芬物品与需求定律,这两定义本身就是相斥。
只能取其一。
以下是张五常 解析
问:“The Giffen good may logically exist in a one-man world, but not in the market.” Defend this statement.
答:There is no logical flaw at all to say in a one-man world Giffen good exists, in the sense that an inferior good may exist to the point where the indifference curves of an individual bear the characteristics of a Giffen good. There is no market price in a one-man world, but relative opportunity costs or constraint changes may in logic lead to a Giffen good result. The same may be said of an individual in society who chooses not to participate in the market.
However, for a good that is actually transacted in the market, a Giffen good cannot logically exist because someone will bid the price so high that the good will not be traded in the market.