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The Impact of Cash Flow Volatility on Systematic Risk

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  • Nicos A. Scordis
  • James Barrese
  • Ping Wang

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Where information is costly, volatile cash flows create information acquisition costs that reduce value. Thus, managers act to reduce their firm’s volatility of cash flow in anticipation of higher value for shareholders. However, when managers reduce the firm’s cash flow volatility, they also affect the systematic risk of their firm’s stock. The direction of the relationship between cash flow volatility and systematic risk depends on the relative value of the firm’s growth opportunities in relation to the firm’s assets-in-place. We use a panel sample of 542 observations from United States insurance firms to investigate the relationship between cash flow volatility and systematic risk. The direction of the relationship between cash flow volatility and systematic risk has implications both for the education and for the practice of risk management. We make recommendations for risk management programs.

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  • Nicos A. Scordis & James Barrese & Ping Wang, 2008. "The Impact of Cash Flow Volatility on Systematic Risk," Journal of Insurance Issues, Western Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 31(1), pages 43-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:wri:journl:v:31:y:2008:i:1:p:43-71
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    1. Wang, Chih-Wei & Lee, Chien-Chiang & Wu, Lin-Tan, 2023. "The relationship between cash flow uncertainty and extreme risk: International evidence," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    2. Nicos Scordis, 2011. "The Morality of Risk Modeling," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 103(1), pages 7-16, April.
    3. Yang, Daecheon & Song, Jeongseok, 2018. "Impact of wage rigidity on sovereign credit rating," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 25-41.
    4. Annette Hofmann & Nicos A. Scordis, 2018. "Challenges in Applying Risk Management Concepts in Practice: A Perspective," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 21(2), pages 309-333, September.

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