Economics and Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2021
Abstract
Consistent with the agency view of cash holdings, we document a strong negative relationship between economic policy uncertainty and corporate cash holdings for non-U.S. firms from 19 countries. Our results are robust to different measures of cash holdings and model specifications and survive after addressing endogeneity. We provide evidence that the decrease in cash holdings is moderated by shareholders' ability to force managers to disgorge cash that fits consistently within the agency framework. Overall, results suggest that lowering cash holdings help alleviate agency problems in the presence of policy uncertainty and underscore the significance of country attributes in corporate finance.
Recommended Citation
Javadi, S., Mollagholamali, M., Nejadmalayeri, A., Al-Thaqeb, S., 2021. Corporate cash holdings, agency problems, and economic policy uncertainty. International Review of Financial Analysis 77, 101859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101859
Publication Title
International Review of Financial Analysis
DOI
10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101859
Comments
© 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101859