Teoría y empírica de los espíritus animales e incidencia en la inversión: caso Colombia

This paper presents an approach to rationality from Keynes’ perspective, broadened in the concept of animal spirits and their interaction with investors’ expectations. It is exemplified by a VEC econometric model, which shows that investment expectations, in particular for Colombia, become positive in the face of past-year investment and income shocks; and negative, in the face of confidence index and interest rate shocks. It suggests changes for behavioral economics in favor of financial well-being projected in public policies.