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Defend or refute the statement. Write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ with reason:Giffen goods must be inferior goods, while inferior goods, may or may not be giffen goods. |
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Answer» Yes. Because giffen goods by definition are those inferior goods in case of which two conditions are satisfied: (i) income effect is negative, and (ii) income effect is greater than substitution effect. In case of inferior goods, on the other hand, only one condition needs to be satisfied: that income effect is negative. |
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