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Kwan, Jing Hui and Lau, Wee Yeap (2020) Do Firm Characteristics and Industry Matter in Determining Corporate Cash Holdings? Evidence from Hospitality Firms. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics, and Business, 7 (2). pp. 9-20. ISSN 2288-4637, 2288-4645

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Abstract

The study investigates a recent surge of cash literature by using a sample of hospitality firms to gain a new understanding of corporate cash holdings. Past literature states that there is a substantial variation of liquidity across industry groups. Existing literature predominantly refers to US-listed firms and focus on either hotels or restaurants and not the hospitality industry as a whole. Therefore, we provide a comparative study of cash holdings behaviour between hospitality and non-hospitality firms from an emerging market context. Using a sample of public listed hospitality firms from 2002 to 2013, dynamic panel regression techniques are used to study the relationships between firm characteristics and cash levels. Also, the non-parametric Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was carried out to examine the time and sectoral differences in cash holdings. In addition, the panel regression techniques are used to investigate the relationships between firm characteristics and level of corporate cash holdings. The results reveal that firm characteristics do matter in hospitality firms. We find that firm size, capital expenditures, and liquid assets substitutes are negatively related to cash level. The results support trade-off theory and the pecking order theory. This study incrementally explains the cash holdings behaviour of hospitality firms in emerging market.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Corporate Liquidity, Liquidity (Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance > HG178 Liquidity
Divisions:	Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2020 18:52
Last Modified:	23 Dec 2020 18:52
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/8007

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