Nanofoundations of macroeconomics: Keynes and the institutional elements in the General Theory

Abstract

Chapter 12 of Keynes´ General Theory has concepts and analytical links with strong identification with the ones used by the so-called institutional approaches. This essay emphasises what seems to have been anticipated by Keynes on the research core of institutional economics, mainly based on his behavioural assumptions.Keynes; keynesianismo; comportamento dos agentes; instituições; institucionalismo