Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the asymmetric adjustment of cash holdings in Pakistani firms for above and below target firms. Design/methodology/approach The study employs generalized method of moments (GMM) to...

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Những tác giả chính: Siddiqua, Ghulam Ayehsa, ur, Rehman Ajid, Hussain, Shahzad
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Được phát hành: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City 2023
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-1155672023-03-08T04:10:09Z Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms Siddiqua, Ghulam Ayehsa ur, Rehman Ajid Hussain, Shahzad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the asymmetric adjustment of cash holdings in Pakistani firms for above and below target firms. Design/methodology/approach The study employs generalized method of moments (GMM) to investigate the adjustment of cash holdings. Findings The study found that the firms which hold cash above the optimal level of cash holdings have higher speed of adjustment than the firms which hold cash below the optimal level. Financially constrained (FC) firms also adjust their cash holdings faster than financially unconstrained (FUC) firms but high speed of downward adjustment does not remain persistent after financial constraints are controlled. Findings of this study reveal this asymmetric adjustment in above and below target firms and extend these results in FC and FUC Pakistani listed firms, respectively. Research limitations/implications The conclusion of this study has been derived under certain limitations. There is a vast space to extend this study in different dimensions. Firms operating in capital-intensive industries may provide different results for financial constraints because their policy designing would be quite different from other firms. Originality/value This study contributes to cash holdings research in Pakistan by exploring the adjustment behavior of cash holdings across Pakistani non-financial firms using econometric modeling. Downward adjustment rate is supposed to be higher than upward adjustment rate and this rate is tested using dynamic panel data model. Similarly, it is inferred that this relationship holds for above target firms even after including the financial constraints in the presented model. 2023-03-08T04:10:09Z 2023-03-08T04:10:09Z 2019 Article 2515-964X https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JABES-07-2018-0056/full/html http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/115567 10.1108/JABES-07-2018-0056 en Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, Volume 26, Issue 1; p. 76-97 application/pdf University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
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description Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the asymmetric adjustment of cash holdings in Pakistani firms for above and below target firms. Design/methodology/approach The study employs generalized method of moments (GMM) to investigate the adjustment of cash holdings. Findings The study found that the firms which hold cash above the optimal level of cash holdings have higher speed of adjustment than the firms which hold cash below the optimal level. Financially constrained (FC) firms also adjust their cash holdings faster than financially unconstrained (FUC) firms but high speed of downward adjustment does not remain persistent after financial constraints are controlled. Findings of this study reveal this asymmetric adjustment in above and below target firms and extend these results in FC and FUC Pakistani listed firms, respectively. Research limitations/implications The conclusion of this study has been derived under certain limitations. There is a vast space to extend this study in different dimensions. Firms operating in capital-intensive industries may provide different results for financial constraints because their policy designing would be quite different from other firms. Originality/value This study contributes to cash holdings research in Pakistan by exploring the adjustment behavior of cash holdings across Pakistani non-financial firms using econometric modeling. Downward adjustment rate is supposed to be higher than upward adjustment rate and this rate is tested using dynamic panel data model. Similarly, it is inferred that this relationship holds for above target firms even after including the financial constraints in the presented model.
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author Siddiqua, Ghulam Ayehsa
ur, Rehman Ajid
Hussain, Shahzad
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ur, Rehman Ajid
Hussain, Shahzad
Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
author_facet Siddiqua, Ghulam Ayehsa
ur, Rehman Ajid
Hussain, Shahzad
author_sort Siddiqua, Ghulam Ayehsa
title Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
title_short Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
title_full Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
title_fullStr Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
title_full_unstemmed Asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in Pakistani firms
title_sort asymmetric targeting of corporate cash holdings and financial constraints in pakistani firms
publisher University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
publishDate 2023
url https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JABES-07-2018-0056/full/html
http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/115567
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