Università Roma Tre

1. Savings-investment equilibrium and aggregate product level in neoclassical theory and in the aggregate demand approach of Keynesian origin
2. The investment function elastic to the interest rate as a derivation of the function of demand for capital; applicability to the investment function of the criticism of the neoclassical theory of capital. Attempts to identify alternative analytical bases for the relationship interest rate-investments.
3. Savings, investment and productive capacity: long-run relationships in an alternative theoretical approach
4. Aggregate demand, overall output and savings formation: implications for economic policies, with particular regard to public debt

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