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John Maynard Keynes: the economist as investor

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  • Carlo Cristiano

    (Department of Law, University of Pisa, Italy)

  • Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

    (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Rome, 'La Sapienza', Italy)

Abstract

Keynes the investor has recently attracted the attention of several scholars and quite a few articles have come out in the last six years. A description of Keynes's dealings has emerged, assessing his performance as an investor as superior but not as stellar as had previously been believed. However, overall evaluation of Keynes's performance is still lacking. This paper contributes to this growing literature by filling some of the gaps, especially in relation to Keynes's investment philosophy and economic theory, and by undertaking a more comprehensive review of the available evidence, drawing on some unpublished sources which have not as yet been fully exploited.

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  • Carlo Cristiano & Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, 2018. "John Maynard Keynes: the economist as investor," Review of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 6(2), pages 266-281, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:rokejn:v:6:y:2018:i:2:p266-281
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    1. Carlo Cristiano & Maria Cristina Marcuzzo & Eleonora Sanfilippo, 2018. "Taming the great depression: Keynes’s personal investments in the US stock market, 1931–1939," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 35(1), pages 13-40, April.
    2. Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina & Sanfilippo, Eleonora, 2022. "Keynes's personal investments in the London Stock Exchange and his views on the transformation of the British economy," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 512-526.
    3. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, 2017. "Gli ottanta anni della Teoria generale di Keynes: perché è ancora un libro attuale (The General Theory at Eighty. Why Is It Still a Relevant Book?)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 70(277), pages 7-19.
    4. Rivot, Sylvie, 2021. "Reading Keynes’s policy papers through the prism of his Treatise on Probability: information, expectations and revision of probabilities in economic policy," OSF Preprints s5qp9, Center for Open Science.

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    Keywords

    speculation; Keynes; stock market;
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    JEL classification:

    • B26 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Financial Economics
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • N22 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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