Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleThe last word on Giffen goods?AuthorsNachbar, John H.AbstractSummary. Giffen goods have long been a minor embarrassment to economics. While it is customary to dismiss them as empirically irrelevant, this essay argues that a more fundamental difficulty with Giffen goods has somehow been overlooked.SubjectsCONSUMER goods; INCOME; ECONOMIC demand; ECONOMICSPublicationEconomic Theory, 1998, Vol 11, Issue 2, p403ISSN0938-2259Publication typeArticleDOI10.1007/s001990050193