Home › Entities › financial_ratio › Tobin's q

Tobin's q

ratio between a physical asset's market value and its replacement value
Place financial_ratio Q1050524
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Tobin's q

Summary

Tobin's q is a financial ratio[1]. It draws 299 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 exact match is recorded as http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/q-di-tobin_%28Dizionario-di-Economia-e-Finanza%29/[6].

Body

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 299 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.[7] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

James Tobin

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tobin's q. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tobin-s-q
MLA “Tobin's q.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tobin-s-q.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tobin-s-q_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tobin's q}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tobin-s-q}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Tobin's q — https://4ort.xyz/entity/tobin-s-q (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tobin-s-q · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → James Tobin
    Instance of → financial ratio
    Aliases → —
    Named after → James Tobin
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532756205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.