
handle: 10419/81911 , 1721.1/63645
We develop a model of investment with financial constraints and use it to investigate the relation between investment and Tobin's q. A firm is financed partly by insiders, who control its assets, and partly by outside investors. When their wealth is scarce, insiders earn a rate of return higher than the market rate of return, i.e., they receive a quasi-rent on invested capital. This rent is priced into the value of the firm, so Tobin's q is driven by two forces: changes in the value of invested capital, and changes in the value of the insiders' future rents per unit of capital. This weakens the correlation between q and investment, relative to the frictionless benchmark. We present a calibrated version of the model, which, due to this effect, generates realistic correlations between investment, q, and cash flow.
Tobin's q, E30, Financial constraints; investment; Tobin’s q; limited enforcement., G30, ddc:330, Investition, Cash Flow, limited enforcement, Financial constraints, Tobin's q, limited enforcement, investment, optimal capital structure, investment, financial constraints, E22, E44, Unternehmensfinanzierung, Tobin's Q, Kapitaleinkommen, jel: jel:E22, jel: jel:E44, jel: jel:E51, jel: jel:G30, jel: jel:E30
Tobin's q, E30, Financial constraints; investment; Tobin’s q; limited enforcement., G30, ddc:330, Investition, Cash Flow, limited enforcement, Financial constraints, Tobin's q, limited enforcement, investment, optimal capital structure, investment, financial constraints, E22, E44, Unternehmensfinanzierung, Tobin's Q, Kapitaleinkommen, jel: jel:E22, jel: jel:E44, jel: jel:E51, jel: jel:G30, jel: jel:E30
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