International Evidence on Cash Holdings and Expected Managerial Agency Problems

35 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2004

See all articles by Ivalina Kalcheva

Ivalina Kalcheva

University of Texas at San Antonio - Department of Finance

Karl V. Lins

University of Utah - Department of Finance

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Date Written: August 2006

Abstract

This paper uses managerial control rights data for over 5000 firms from 31 countries to examine the net costs and benefits of cash holdings. We find that when external country-level shareholder protection is weak, firm values are lower when controlling managers hold more cash. Further, when external shareholder protection is weak we find that firm values are higher when controlling managers pay dividends. Only when external shareholder protection is strong do we find that cash held by controlling managers is unrelated to firm value, consistent with generally prevailing U.S. and international evidence.

Keywords: cash holdings, agency problems, corporate governance

JEL Classification: G32, G34, G35

Suggested Citation

Kalcheva, Ivalina and Lins, Karl V., International Evidence on Cash Holdings and Expected Managerial Agency Problems (August 2006). ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 42/2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=477241 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.477241

Ivalina Kalcheva

University of Texas at San Antonio - Department of Finance

San Antonio, TX 78249
United States

Karl V. Lins (Contact Author)

University of Utah - Department of Finance ( email )

David Eccles School of Business
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
United States
801-585-3171 (Phone)
801-581-7214 (Fax)

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
1,132
Abstract Views
4,915
Rank
35,203
PlumX Metrics