Essays about: "Q-Theory of Investment"

Found 3 essays containing the words Q-Theory of Investment.

  1. 1. Tobin’s q – what to do?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Duvander; Elvira Forsberg; [2017]
    Keywords : housing shortage; housing supply; Tobin’s q; ECM; OLS; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the Swedish housing market, which is under constant debate. Prices keep increasing and many believe that this trend will consist due to low interest rates, high demand and lack of attractive building land. This tendency, resulting in a housing shortage, is particularly evident in the metropolitan areas. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tobin’s Q theory and regional housing investment : Empirical analysis on Swedish data

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Per Sax Kaijser; [2014]
    Keywords : Tobin’s Q; Housing investment; Regional data; VECM; ARDL; Fixed Effects model; Granger Causality;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between Tobin’s Q and regional housing investment in Sweden for the time period of 1998-2012. The relationship is tested through estimation of two models for time-series analysis, a vector error correction model (VECM) and an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. READ MORE

  4. 3. Doing good to do well? : Corporate Social Responsibility and Return on Investment in Sweden

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Marcus Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Stakeholder Theory; Q-Theory of Investment; Marginal Q;

    Abstract : This paper treats Corporate Social Responsibility as an investment in corporate reputation andas such aims at investigating the return of that investment. It does so partly by estimating theeffect of being perceived as socially responsible on the firm’s ability to maximize shareholdervalue and partly by estimating the effect on a more traditional accounting based measure offinancial performance. READ MORE