Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies

This dissertation examines the determinants of corporate cash holdings by publicly traded UK firms over the period 1998 to 2012. The empirical evidence suggests that firm with greater investment opportunities, more cash flow and a higher level of cash flow uncertainty hold relatively higher level of...

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Main Author: Du, Xinpei
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26709/
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description This dissertation examines the determinants of corporate cash holdings by publicly traded UK firms over the period 1998 to 2012. The empirical evidence suggests that firm with greater investment opportunities, more cash flow and a higher level of cash flow uncertainty hold relatively higher level of cash. It also finds that firm size, capital expenditure, net working capital and dividend payment are negatively related to corporate cash holdings. Moreover, the effect of leverage on cash holding is ambiguity. In addition, the special attention is paid to the crisis years. The results show that cash ratio increases and leverage and R&D expenditure become more important during the global financial crisis.
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spelling nottingham-267092017-10-19T13:32:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26709/ Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies Du, Xinpei This dissertation examines the determinants of corporate cash holdings by publicly traded UK firms over the period 1998 to 2012. The empirical evidence suggests that firm with greater investment opportunities, more cash flow and a higher level of cash flow uncertainty hold relatively higher level of cash. It also finds that firm size, capital expenditure, net working capital and dividend payment are negatively related to corporate cash holdings. Moreover, the effect of leverage on cash holding is ambiguity. In addition, the special attention is paid to the crisis years. The results show that cash ratio increases and leverage and R&D expenditure become more important during the global financial crisis. 2013-09-20 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26709/1/dissertation_Xinpei_Du.pdf Du, Xinpei (2013) Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Du, Xinpei
Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title_full Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title_fullStr Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title_short Determinants of corporate cash holding: An Empirical investigation of UK companies
title_sort determinants of corporate cash holding: an empirical investigation of uk companies
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26709/