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A Model for Cash Balance Management

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  • Daniel P. Heyman

    (Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Holmdel, New Jersey)

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A model for minimizing the average cash balance subject to a constraint on the probability of stock-out is presented. The cash balance is described as an inventory process that changes because of deterministic and stochastic events. Recursive systems of equations are given to find (1) the distribution function of the cash level at any time and (2) the probability that all demands during some time interval are met. Then we examine the problem: minimize the expected time average cash balance subject to the condition that the probability that all demands are satisfied is at least some given number. It is shown that the optimal policy has a very simple form, which can be expressed verbally as, "never have any more cash on hand than is necessary to satisfy the constraint."

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  • Daniel P. Heyman, 1973. "A Model for Cash Balance Management," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 19(12), pages 1407-1413, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:19:y:1973:i:12:p:1407-1413
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.19.12.1407
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    1. Ben A. Chaouch, 2018. "Analysis of the stochastic cash balance problem using a level crossing technique," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 271(2), pages 429-444, December.
    2. Wei Luo & Kevin Shang, 2015. "Joint Inventory and Cash Management for Multidivisional Supply Chains," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 63(5), pages 1098-1116, October.
    3. Gary W. Emery, 1982. "Optimal Liquidity Policy: A Stochastic Process Approach," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 5(3), pages 273-283, September.
    4. Ágoston, Kolos Cs. & Benedek, Gábor & Gilányi, Zsolt, 2016. "Pareto improvement and joint cash management optimisation for banks and cash-in-transit firms," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 254(3), pages 1074-1082.

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