Finance

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Tobin’s Q According to Kerin and Sethuraman (Kerin and Sethuraman 1998, 261), Tobins q is the “ratio of the market value of the firm to the replacement cost of its tangible assets, property, plant, equipment, inventory, cash, and investments in stocks and bonds”.

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