Noisy share prices and the Q model of investment.

We consider to what extent the empirical failings of the Q model of investment can be attributed to the use of share prices to measure average q. We show that the usual empirical formulation may fail to identify the Q model when stock market valuations deviate from the present value of expected net...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bond, S, Cummins, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Institute for Fiscal Studies 2001