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dc.contributor.authorZeng, Cheng
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-21T13:17:26Z
dc.date.available2015-09-21T13:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/300951
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the cash holding and how it is determined by financial constraints of corporate Norway using a comprehensive dataset that covers both private and public firms from 1995 to 2012. I find that aggregate cash holdings increase almost twofold from 1990s (around 5-6%) to recent years (9-10%), a trend similar to U.S. firms, though slightly less significant. I then examine the correlation between cash holdings and financial constraints both on the aggregate level and the individual firm level. Time series evidence supports the notion that aggregate cash holdings decline following better macro-economic conditions. However, firm-level cash holdings are negatively correlated with conventional measures of financial constraints, such as Whited-Wu index and Hadlock and Pierce index. The contradiction with theory here implies that the extent of financial constraint might be mismeasured, an issue recently discussed in Farre-Mensa and Ljungqvist (2013). I use two event studies to revolve the measurement error and endogeneity problem involved. Specifically, I trace the evolution of cash holdings around IPO and delisting events which suddenly alter the extent of financial constraints faced by firms. I find that the cash ratio decreases roughly by 35% within two years after a private firm becomes public and increases by 37.5% two years after a public firm goes private, which is in line with cash holdings increasing with financial constraints. This finding is robust to several competing hypotheses, such as changes in corporate governance and growth opportunities around such events.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.subjectfinancial economicsnb_NO
dc.titleHow financial constraints affect cash holdings : evidence from Norwegian firmsnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.description.localcodenhhmasnb_NO


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