Purpose This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty on value of cash before and after the global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach We investigate the relationship between economic policy uncertainty and value of excess cash based on the valuation model of Fama...

The Lehman Brothers event in 2008 created a large uncertainty shock that triggered an economic slowdown lasting a decade. The macroeconomic effects are well documented, but the effect on business decisions much less so. In this paper, we explore corporate data to investigate how economic...