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KEYNES, FISHER, AND THE MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Richard J. Kent*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Kent State University, [email protected].

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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Copyright © The History of Economics Society 2014 

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