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This paper reviews empirical evidence on the use of bank lines of credit as a source of corporate liquidity. Traditional explanation for lines of credit is that they provide insurance against liquidity shocks, in much the same as way hoarding cash does. However, recent empirical research...
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The traditional link between the cash conversion cycle and the firm's profitability is that shortening the cash conversion cycle increases firm's profitability. On the other hand shortening the cash conversion cycle could harm the firm's operations and reduces profitability. However, identifying...
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Evidence from a wide sample of Italian private firms shows that cash holdings are significantly related with smaller size, higher risk and lower effective tax rates, therefore supporting predictions from the trade-off model. More cash is also held by firms with longer cash conversion cycles and...
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management using a panel data set from real estate investment trusts (REITs). Information asymmetry, as measured by analyst …
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times of high aggregate volatility and in such times credit lines initiations fall, their spreads widen, and maturities …-specific risks in times of high aggregate volatility …
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We examine the influence of credit rating changes on corporate excess cash holdings. We find that downgraded firms increase excess cash holdings by approximately 3% of total noncash assets, compared to a matched sample of firms without a rating change. We largely observe no significant cash...
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Using a detailed measure of financial integration and firm level panel data for 46 countries, we examine the relation between financial integration and corporate cash holdings. Our evidence suggests that financial integration reduces firms' overall reliance on cash by mitigating the distortions...
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dividends hold more cash and that cash holdings increase significantly with capital expenditures and cash flow volatility. We …
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options are more valuable when their underlying volatility is high and when the firm is not financially constrained. The … having high volatility and high financial flexibility. We then study the determinants of demand for liquidity for each group … of firms. We find that firms with valuable real options (high volatility and high financial flexibility) have …
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We examine the effect of CEO pensions and deferred compensation (inside debt) on firm cash holdings and the value of cash. We document a positive relation between CEO inside debt and firm cash holdings. This positive effect is magnified by firm leverage and mitigated by the presence of financial...
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