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"Tobin's Q" and the rate of investment in general equilibrium

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  • Thomas J. Sargent, 1979. ""Tobin's Q" and the rate of investment in general equilibrium," Staff Report 40, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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    DOI: 10.21034/sr.40
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