The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)

Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of cash holdings by publicly traded firms over the period 1998-2013. The results suggest that cash holdings are positively affected by investment opportunity set, capital expenditure and profitability and negatively affected by the real firm size, l...

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Main Author: WANG, ZIWEN
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30158/
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description Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of cash holdings by publicly traded firms over the period 1998-2013. The results suggest that cash holdings are positively affected by investment opportunity set, capital expenditure and profitability and negatively affected by the real firm size, liquid assets substitutes, leverage level, cash flow and dividend payments, which are generally in line with previous studies. In addition, we observed the change of corporate cash holdings during the global financial crisis period. Moreover, cash holdings tend to vary across industries.
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spelling nottingham-301582017-10-19T14:53:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30158/ The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013) WANG, ZIWEN Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of cash holdings by publicly traded firms over the period 1998-2013. The results suggest that cash holdings are positively affected by investment opportunity set, capital expenditure and profitability and negatively affected by the real firm size, liquid assets substitutes, leverage level, cash flow and dividend payments, which are generally in line with previous studies. In addition, we observed the change of corporate cash holdings during the global financial crisis period. Moreover, cash holdings tend to vary across industries. 2015-09-17 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30158/1/Dissertaion.pdf WANG, ZIWEN (2015) The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013). [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle WANG, ZIWEN
The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title_full The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title_fullStr The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title_full_unstemmed The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title_short The determinants of corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of the industry effect of UK publicly held firms (1998-2013)
title_sort determinants of corporate cash holdings: an empirical investigation of the industry effect of uk publicly held firms (1998-2013)
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30158/