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KEYNES, KEYNESIANS AND THE EVIDENCE ON U.K. TRADE CYCLES

KEYNES, KEYNESIANS AND THE EVIDENCE ON U.K. TRADE CYCLES Many scholars have noted that, since at least 1790, U.K. economic fluctuations have seemed to reach major peaks every 710 years. Keynes 1936, ch.18 used the elements of his theory to explain nonperiodic economic fluctuations. His explanation of periodic fluctuations, i.e. cycles, appears in Chapter 22 of the General Theory. As is well known, he believed that fluctuations in animal spirits that were often only loosely connected with the cost and the real rate of return on capital led to oscillations in investment which, combined with the durability of capital goods, caused the duration of modern major cycles fluctuations in liquidity preference and the propensity to consume played lesser roles. Bowing to Jevons 1964, Keynes also noted that unstable agricultural inventories could have been a source of waves in the early 19th Century when agriculture was relatively more important in the U.K. But Keynes did not demonstrate just how his investment theory implied a definite cycle period, because he did not merge his multiplier with the accelerator principle to provide an endogenous explanation of periodic turning points in output. Consequently, as Hicks 1950, p. l notes, Keynes did not demonstrate how investment and income could peak every 710 years his was really a theory of nonperiodic waves. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Economic Studies Emerald Publishing

KEYNES, KEYNESIANS AND THE EVIDENCE ON U.K. TRADE CYCLES

Journal of Economic Studies , Volume 4 (2): 17 – Feb 1, 1977

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Emerald Publishing
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0144-3585
DOI
10.1108/eb002473
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Abstract

Many scholars have noted that, since at least 1790, U.K. economic fluctuations have seemed to reach major peaks every 710 years. Keynes 1936, ch.18 used the elements of his theory to explain nonperiodic economic fluctuations. His explanation of periodic fluctuations, i.e. cycles, appears in Chapter 22 of the General Theory. As is well known, he believed that fluctuations in animal spirits that were often only loosely connected with the cost and the real rate of return on capital led to oscillations in investment which, combined with the durability of capital goods, caused the duration of modern major cycles fluctuations in liquidity preference and the propensity to consume played lesser roles. Bowing to Jevons 1964, Keynes also noted that unstable agricultural inventories could have been a source of waves in the early 19th Century when agriculture was relatively more important in the U.K. But Keynes did not demonstrate just how his investment theory implied a definite cycle period, because he did not merge his multiplier with the accelerator principle to provide an endogenous explanation of periodic turning points in output. Consequently, as Hicks 1950, p. l notes, Keynes did not demonstrate how investment and income could peak every 710 years his was really a theory of nonperiodic waves.

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Journal of Economic StudiesEmerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 1977

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