• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.67-77
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• 2023

This study investigates the impact of corporate governance (defined as companies' ownership structure and board of directors' characteristics) on cash holdings in the context of Oman. This study leverages a quantitative panel pooled regression on a dataset of Omani non-financial firms from 2009-2015. The findings of this study are generally in line with the predictions of Agency Theory and Mentoring and Busyness Hypotheses. The analysis demonstrates that a large stockholder size has a significant positive relationship with cash holding. Meanwhile, a positive (but insignificant) relationship was also found between institutional ownership and cash holding. Furthermore, state ownership was found to exhibit a significant negative relationship with cash holding. In terms of the board of directors' traits, this study's findings suggest that board sizes have a positive (but insignificant) relationship with cash holding. Furthermore, busy and independent boards were found to have a significant positive relationship with cash holding. The above findings suggest that boards with such traits are less effective in providing oversight on managers' actions, which would then increase Omani non-financial firms' cash holdings.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.373-381
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• 2021

This study aims to investigate the impact of financial distress on the cash holding of non-financial companies in Indonesia as the largest emerging economy among ASEAN countries. Furthermore, the sub-sample business group to be investigated were divided into two, groups namely affiliated and non-affiliated groups. This was carried out to ascertain the difference in the impact of financial distress on cash holding between both groups. Sample collection was based on all firms listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2008-2017, comprising 137 firms. The results showed that using the two-step system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), the coefficients for financial distress (Z-Score) indices were positive and significant for all models. Therefore, the higher the Z-Score value, the lower the company's financial distress and vice versa. This implies that the lower the company's financial distress, the lower the cash holding. Furthermore, a positive and significant impact of the Z-Score on cash holding for non-affiliated groups was discovered. This implies that there are differences in the amount of cash holding between affiliated and non-affiliated groups. This result indicates that non-affiliated groups hold more cash during financial distress. However, these results had cash policy implications, particularly for non-affiliated groups.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.135-147
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• 2022

This study was conducted to determine whether there is a significant relationship between board structure and board committee qualities and corporate cash holdings in Pakistan. For this objective, 168 listed enterprises on the PSX for the period 2016 to 2020 were chosen as a sample from a population of 436 non-financial firms. Multiple regression analysis was used in the study to discover a relationship between board structure and board committee features and cash holdings. The study's findings revealed that board size, executive directors, and board independence have no significant impact on the firm's cash holding because they play no important part in the firm's cash holding. Auditors, audit committee size, audit committee meetings, and the compensation committee, on the other hand, have no major impact on the firm's cash holdings because they are not relevant indicators to compare with cash holdings. While board meeting frequency and leadership structure both have a negative influence on cash holding, board meeting frequency increases firm costs, whereas leadership structure causes agency problems. Results were supported by the pecking order theory, cash flow theory, and agency theory.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.75-116
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• 2007

본 연구는 외환위기를 전후로 우리나라 기업의 현금보유 패턴에 어떠한 변화가 발생하고 있는지 분석하였다. 분석결과에 따르면, 첫째 최근 현금보유가 증가한 것은 소수의 기업들이 현금보유 규모를 과거에 비해 급격하게 증가시키는 과정에서 관찰된 현상이며, 전반적으로 기업들의 현금보유가 증가하였다고 보기는 어려운 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 선진국의 경험과 유사하게 우리나라 기업들의 경우에도 영업성과의 불확실성이 높을수록 현금보유 비중을 높게 가져가는 경향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 최근 영업성과의 불확실성이 과거에 비해 상승한 것도 우리나라 기업의 현금보유 패턴 변화에 일부 영향을 미쳤을 것으로 사료된다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2021

This paper examines the relationship between ownership structure and level cash holdings in an emerging country, namely, Saudi Arabia, by constructing a corporate governance mechanism (foreign ownership, family ownership, institutional and managerial ownership). This paper uses data from 100 listed firms at Saudi Stock Exchange (TADAWUL) from 2011 to 2019. The firm's decision to hold cash has come to the fore in the last two or three years as a result of the recent global financial crisis, and the impact that this has had on the firms' ability to raise funds from external sources. Using the random-effect generalized least square (GLS) regression model, the findings reveal that foreign and family ownership negatively influences cash holdings, while managerial ownership has a positive association with cash holdings. Further, institutional ownership did not have a direct effect on cash holdings in Saudi Arabia. Our results suggest that ownership structure include foreign ownership, family and managerial ownership is an essential vehicle to promote the performance of cash holding of all the 100 public-listed non-financial firms in Saudi Arabia. We recommend that sound policies should be targeted toward foreign ownership, family, and managerial ownership since they are essential to improve cash holding in Saudi Arabian firms.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.205-221
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• 2019

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of cash holdings on firm value in export companies. To investigate this effect, we analyzed 5,386 samples drawn from export companies listed in the KOSDAQ from 2011 to 2018. During this period, the International Financial reporting Standards have been employed. The research results are as follows. First, the results of a T-test showed that the level of the firm value of export companies with high levels of cash holdings is significantly higher than that of those with low levels of cash holdings. In addition, the level of the firm value of export companies with higher levels of cash holdings than in the previous year is higher than the level might otherwise be. Furthermore, the effects of cash holdings on firm value are similar to those on return on asset. These results suggested that export companies have little used a way of increasing their debt levels in order to increase cash holdings. Second, the results of a multivariate regression analysis presented that the cash holdings of export companies in listed the KOSDAQ significantly influence their firm value. Moreover, a higher level of cash holdings than in the previous year significantly affect firm value. These results proposed that making higher cash holdings than in the previous year might be useful in enhancing firm value. We found that export companies efforts to increase cash holdings positively influence changes in firm value. We also found that Korean export companies maintain their financial stability by obtaining sufficient liquidity specifically in a high uncertainty era like the recent time. We finally firmed an effort to maintain cash holdings as a reasonable choice for export companies.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.157-176
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• 2009

This study analyzed the information factors which determine cash liquidity in Korean export-oriented companies. In this paper, cash liquidity means the ratio of the value of cash or cash equivalent to the asset value subtracted marketable securities value from total asset value. The empirical test shows that main information factors are the size of company, the growth opportunity of company, the volatility of operating cash flows and free cash flows, the credit yield spread of company, the debt ratio, the turnover ratio of cash flows and free cash flows, and the estimate of bankruptcy that amounts to the inverse number of Z score. In summary, the size of company, debt ratio, turnover ratio of cash flows and free cash flows, and Z-score have negative influence on the cash liquidity of Korean export-oriented companies. but the volatility of operating cash flows affect the cash liquidity positively.

• 대한수학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2007

We investigate an optimal portfolio selection problem with transaction costs when an illiquid asset pays cash dividends and there are constraints on the illiquid asset holding. We provide closed form solutions for the problem, and by using these solutions we illustrate interesting features of optimal policies.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2004

This study attempted to identify the factors related to life insurance focusing on two different types of life insurance： term life insurance and cash-value life insurance. Based on the human capital, bequest motives theories, and decision under risk, a conceptual framework was developed. The results showed a support for the conceptual framework indicating that human capital, bequest motives as well as attitude toward risk were important factors in predicting each of life insurance ownership. In addition, the factors related to each type of life insurance were different. For term life insurance, the variables representing households' bequest motives were found to play an important role while the variables reflecting human capital theory had significant impact on cash-value life insurance holding.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.319-325
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• 2023

본 연구는 기업의 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 또한 기업의 소유구조에 따라 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 미치는 영향이 차별적으로 나타나는지 검증하였다. 분석결과, 과잉투자성향이 증가할수록 기업의 보유현금에 대한 시장가치는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 투자자들이 과잉투자성향이 높은 기업이 미래의 경영성과가 악화되고 미래 현금흐름에 대한 부담이 과도하게 발생할 것으로 인식하여 이러한 기업의 보유현금에 대한 시장가치를 부정적으로 평가하는 것으로 해석된다. 또한 경영자가 높은 수준의 지분을 보유하고 있는 소유경영자 지배기업의 경우 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치를 감소시키는 효과가 더 크게 나타난다는 결과를 발견하였다. 이는 소유경영자 지배기업의 경영자가 자신의 특권을 누리기 위한 목적으로 보유현금을 사적으로 유용하는 것으로 시장에서 인식되어 과잉투자성향이 현금가치를 더 큰 폭으로 감소시키는 것으로 파악된다. 본 연구는 기업의 소유구조의 특성에 따라 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 미치는 영향이 다르게 나타날 수 있음을 확인하였다는 측면에서 의의를 갖는다.