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Beauty contested: how much of Keynes' remains in behavioural economics' beauty contests?

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  • Alessandro Lanteri
  • Anna Carabelli

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In one of the most famous passages of the economic literature, John Maynard Keynes likens the stock market to a beauty contest (BC), in which the winners are those who anticipate the average opinion. In behavioural economics there have recently been attempts at investigating the BC experimentally. We argue that there exist important differences between Keynes' and behavioural economics' BCs. We identify several types of BCs and propose a taxonomy. We also suggest that, in spite of these differences, Keynes' theory of decision under uncertainty is central to understanding the actual behaviour observed in experimental BCs.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Volume (Year): 18 (2011)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 269-285

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Keywords: Beauty contest; behavioural economics; Keynes; rationality;

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  1. Fabio D'Orlando & Eleonora Sanfilippo, 2008. "Behavioral Foundations for the Keynesian Consumption Function," Working Papers 2008-05, Universita' di Cassino, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche.

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