Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of the optimum level of cash holdings on corporate performance. Moreover, in this paper, the impact of financial constraints is tested as moderating factor between the relationship of cash holdings and corporate performance. The present s...

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Main Authors: Fahmida Laghari, Ye Chengang, Ye Chenyun, Yiding Liu, Li Xiang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6086191
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Ye Chengang
Ye Chenyun
Yiding Liu
Li Xiang
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Li Xiang
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description The main purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of the optimum level of cash holdings on corporate performance. Moreover, in this paper, the impact of financial constraints is tested as moderating factor between the relationship of cash holdings and corporate performance. The present study uses the system generalized method of moments (GMM) as the main estimation methodology. Using a sample of companies listed on stock exchanges of China, empirical pieces of evidence find that cash holdings-corporate performance relation is a nonlinear concave and depicts similar evidence for firms with financial constraints. The financially constrained firms maintain optimal cash holding at a higher level, which corresponds to debt rationing, difficulty to access financial markets, and the high cost of external finance. Moreover, propensity-score-matching depicts statistically significant differences in the level of cash holdings amid financially constrained and unconstrained firms. Finally, the difference-in-difference estimator shows that financial crisis affects less financially constrained firms due to low reliance on external financing.
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spelling doaj-art-6fa33ddf94b440bc8d9ded4054599a732025-08-20T03:34:04ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1607-887X2022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6086191Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from ChinaFahmida Laghari0Ye Chengang1Ye Chenyun2Yiding Liu3Li Xiang4School of AccountingBusiness SchoolSchool of AccountingBusiness SchoolHuanggang Normal UniversityThe main purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of the optimum level of cash holdings on corporate performance. Moreover, in this paper, the impact of financial constraints is tested as moderating factor between the relationship of cash holdings and corporate performance. The present study uses the system generalized method of moments (GMM) as the main estimation methodology. Using a sample of companies listed on stock exchanges of China, empirical pieces of evidence find that cash holdings-corporate performance relation is a nonlinear concave and depicts similar evidence for firms with financial constraints. The financially constrained firms maintain optimal cash holding at a higher level, which corresponds to debt rationing, difficulty to access financial markets, and the high cost of external finance. Moreover, propensity-score-matching depicts statistically significant differences in the level of cash holdings amid financially constrained and unconstrained firms. Finally, the difference-in-difference estimator shows that financial crisis affects less financially constrained firms due to low reliance on external financing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6086191
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Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China
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title Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China
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title_fullStr Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China
title_short Corporate Liquidity Management in Emerging Economies under the Financial Constraints: Evidence from China
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