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The impact of institutional factors on corporate mechanism of cash adjustment – New evidence from emerging Asia

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posted on 2023-06-19, 01:15 authored by Santanu Das, Ashish Kumar, Asit BhattacharyyaAsit Bhattacharyya
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how the business environment of a country has an impact on cash management policies of the firms and also to investigate if there is any asymmetry in cash adjustment dynamics when a firm deviates from its long-term target of cash holdings. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of seven emerging Asian countries in the period 2001–2019, the authors investigate the role of country specific variables in the corporate cash holdings and their cash adjustment mechanism. They use the panel data regression method to estimate the results. Findings: The authors find that the overall financial development of a country has a significant impact on corporate cash holdings and cash adjustment dynamics. When a firm has excess cash, the speed of adjustment towards the target is faster as compared to when it has deficit cash holdings. Further, when a firm holds excess cash, it adjusts towards the target using cash from investments; in case of deficit cash holdings, the adjustment happens via cash from financing activities. Practical implications: The results of the study are helpful to corporate managers as these are important references to them to understand and design cash management policies by considering factors that are measured at the country level. It also provides them a clearer understanding about the role of corporate board and information asymmetry in cash holdings. Originality/value: This is the first study which examines the role of country-specific variables on corporate cash holdings and their adjustment mechanism of firms in emerging Asia. Further, the study extends the literature by providing new evidence that there is asymmetry in cash adjustment dynamics of firms after controlling for the overall financial development of a country.

History

Volume

19

Issue

1

Start Page

108

End Page

135

Number of Pages

28

eISSN

1758-6569

ISSN

1743-9132

Publisher

Emerald

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Acceptance Date

2021-12-13

External Author Affiliations

(Indian Institute of Management, Jaipuria Institute of Management, India

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

International Journal of Managerial Finance

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