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KEYNES, FISHER, AND THE MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Richard J. Kent
Richard J. Kent*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Kent State University, USA.rkent@kent.edu.
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Abstract

Based on archival evidence, this paper demonstrates that Keynes did not borrow the concept of the marginal efficiency of capital from Fisher, but, rather, developed it himself.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 187 - 192
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Copyright © The History of Economics Society 2014 

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