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Policy uncertainty and cash holdings of construction firms in India: a dynamic panel regression approach

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  • Rajni Kant Rajhans
  • Harish Singla

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The study aims to understand the dynamic impact of economic policy uncertainty on the cash holdings patterns of construction firms in India. A dynamic panel regression model was created with cash to total assets as the dependent variable and the policy uncertainty, natural log transformation of total assets as a proxy of size, natural log transformation of dividends, price to book value ratio in times as a proxy of growth opportunities, Indian promoter holding in percentage as a proxy of ownership, debt-equity ratio in times as a measure of leverage, return on total assets in percentage as a measure of profitability and change in sales as a measure of volatility as independent variables. Further, the data was split into two study periods (2003-2011 and 2012-2020) for a detailed investigation of the dynamic relationship between policy uncertainty and firm-level cash holding. The findings suggest that policy uncertainty and its lag, cash holding lag are the prominent drivers of cash holdings for Indian construction firms.

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  • Rajni Kant Rajhans & Harish Singla, 2023. "Policy uncertainty and cash holdings of construction firms in India: a dynamic panel regression approach," International Journal of Economics and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(1), pages 77-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecac:v:12:y:2023:i:1:p:77-97
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