Huang, Pinghsun; Guo, Jun; Ma, Tongshu; Zhang, Yan - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 54 (2015) C, pp. 30-45
We find that cash holdings are more valuable for firms disclosing material weaknesses in the Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) 404 internal control assessments. We estimate that the value spread for firms with weak controls vs. effective controls is about $0.25 for an extra dollar of cash. Our results are...