Explaining aggregate investment in Britain: the importance of Tobin's Q
Oulton, Nicholas
(1978)
Explaining aggregate investment in Britain: the importance of Tobin's Q
Economics Letters, 1 (3).
pp. 253-257.
ISSN 0165-1765
This note reports on work done in testing Tobin's 'Q' theory of investment on British data. Investment by industrial and commercial companies over 1960-1977 was studied. Q was found to be both significant and important, outperforming other plausible variables.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 1978 Elsevier B.V. |
| Departments | LSE |
| DOI | 10.1016/0165-1765(78)90034-4 |
| Date Deposited | 11 Nov 2020 02:04 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107412 |
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