Tobin's q

ratio between a physical asset's market value and its replacement value
Place financial_ratio Q1050524
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Tobin's q

Summary

Tobin's q is a financial ratio[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (financial_ratio category, ranking #23 of 76).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tobin's q is credited with the discovery of James Tobin[3].
  • Tobin's q's instance of is recorded as financial ratio[4].
  • James Tobin is named after Tobin's q[5].
  • Tobin's q's GND ID is recorded as 4211578-4[6].
  • Tobin's q's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003010667[7].
  • Tobin's q's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123447956[8].
  • Tobin's q's IdRef ID is recorded as 032413505[9].
  • Tobin's q's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wyzb[10].
  • Tobin's q's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Tobins-q[11].
  • Tobin's q's FAST ID is recorded as 1152025[12].
  • Tobin's q's exact match is recorded as http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/q-di-tobin_%28Dizionario-di-Economia-e-Finanza%29/[13].
  • Tobin's q's Quora topic ID is recorded as Tobins-Q[14].
  • Tobin's q's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 19523-1[15].
  • Tobin's q's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 8901936[16].
  • Tobin's q's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007532756205171[17].
  • Tobin's q's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C8901936[18].
  • Tobin's q's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as koeffitsient-q-tobina-1d73bd[19].

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Designation and Status

Tobin's q's instance of is recorded as financial ratio[4].

History and Context

James Tobin is named after Tobin's q[5].

Why It Matters

Tobin's q draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (financial_ratio category, ranking #23 of 76).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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