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The financial determinants of corporate cash holdings in an oil rich country: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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  • Muncef Guizani

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This paper investigates the determinants of the cash holdings for a sample of Saudi firms over the period 2006–2014, using static and dynamic panel models. Our results show that leverage, firm size, capital expenditure, net working capital and cash flow volatility are important in determining cash holdings. When we divide our sample into two sub-samples: petrochemical and non-petrochemical firms, our results show a significant difference between the determinants of cash holdings of the two groups of firms. We also investigate the characteristics of high liquid firms (conservative firms). The results indicate that conservative firms are less leveraged, have large size, have low investment expenditures and have low cash flow fluctuation. Furthermore, dynamic panel estimation indicates that Saudi firms adjust their liquidity holdings quickly towards an endogenous target cash ratio.

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  • Muncef Guizani, 2017. "The financial determinants of corporate cash holdings in an oil rich country: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Borsa Istanbul Review, Research and Business Development Department, Borsa Istanbul, vol. 17(3), pages 133-143, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bor:bistre:v:17:y:2017:i:3:p:133-143
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    Keywords

    Cash holdings; Petrochemical firms; Conservative firms;
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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G39 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Other

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