The Stock Market and Capital Accumulation

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2001
Volume: 91
Issue: 5
Pages: 1185-1202

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The value of a firm's securities measures the value of the firm's productive assets. If the assets include only capital goods and not a permanent monopoly franchise, the value of the securities measures the value of the capital. Finally, if the price of the capital can be measured or inferred, the quantity of capital is the value divided by the price. A standard model of adjustment costs enables the inference of the price of installed capital. Data from U.S. corporations over the past 50 years imply that corporations have formed large amounts of intangible capital, especially in the past decade.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:91:y:2001:i:5:p:1185-1202
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25