Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia
ThiS study observed data for 512 public listed companies in Malaysia" to find the relationship between cash holdings and corporate govema~ce. Using data from Data Stream and firms' annual reports for the financial year 2009, this study found that only Board Independence has positive relati...
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| description | ThiS study observed data for 512 public listed companies in Malaysia" to find the relationship between cash holdings and corporate govema~ce. Using data from Data Stream and firms' annual reports for the financial year 2009, this study found that only Board Independence has positive relationships with cash holdings. Meanwhile, there are insignificant relationships -between cash holdings and Board Size as well as CEO DualitVThis study also examined the relationship of cash holding with finn size, capital expenditure, cash flow, leverage, dividend, Market to Book and working capital. 5 out of 7 control variables show significant relationship. From the study, it is found that cash holdings have positive relationship with cash flow ratio, dividend, leverage ratio, market to book ratio and working capital ratio. |
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| spelling | unimas-90472025-05-16T02:02:23Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9047/ Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia Azira Hanani, Ab. Rahman HB Economic Theory ThiS study observed data for 512 public listed companies in Malaysia" to find the relationship between cash holdings and corporate govema~ce. Using data from Data Stream and firms' annual reports for the financial year 2009, this study found that only Board Independence has positive relationships with cash holdings. Meanwhile, there are insignificant relationships -between cash holdings and Board Size as well as CEO DualitVThis study also examined the relationship of cash holding with finn size, capital expenditure, cash flow, leverage, dividend, Market to Book and working capital. 5 out of 7 control variables show significant relationship. From the study, it is found that cash holdings have positive relationship with cash flow ratio, dividend, leverage ratio, market to book ratio and working capital ratio. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9047/2/Azira%20Hanani%20ft.pdf Azira Hanani, Ab. Rahman (2011) Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS). |
| spellingShingle | HB Economic Theory Azira Hanani, Ab. Rahman Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title | Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title_full | Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title_short | Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in Malaysia |
| title_sort | corporate governance and firm cash holdings in malaysia |
| topic | HB Economic Theory |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9047/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9047/2/Azira%20Hanani%20ft.pdf |