中国传统婚礼的最优参加人数

Optimal Attendance of Chinese Traditional Wedding

本文构建了一个婚礼模型,以此分析婚礼的最优参加人数。模型的基本思想是:参加婚礼的人群有两种,即高“礼”人群与低“礼”人群;参加者人数的增加或者对成本无影响,或者能够降低边际成本;高“礼”人群的最大参加人数由举办方的法定关系或社交能力确定;最多的参加人数则由婚礼物品的供给方的保留价格或直接由其垄断价格决定;并考虑了举办方的经济能力,即对成本提出的要求。模型细化为四种类型,分别对其进行了求解。

This paper constructs a wedding model by which optimal attendance of a wedding is analyzed perfectly. The basic idea is: the attendances have two types, i.e. high 'gift' crowd and low 'gift' crowd; the increase of attendances has no effect on cost, or can reduce margin cost; maximum attendance of high 'gift' is dependent on the lawful relationship or sociality capability of the sponsor; maximum attendance is based on reservation prices of suppliers of wedding goods or their monopoly price; and the economic capacity of the sponsor is also taken into account, which calls for a consideration about the cost. The model is divided into four types, each of which is discussed.