Government control and the value of cash: evidence from listed firms in China

Xinyu Yu and Ping Wang ()
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Xinyu Yu: Keele University
Ping Wang: University of Birmingham

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2020, vol. 55, issue 4, No 6, 1369 pages

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we investigate the impact of government control on investors’ valuation of cash held by listed firms in China. We find strong and robust evidence that government control leads to a lower value of cash. Further evidence suggests that this negative impact is associated with significant agency costs of political expropriation rather than low financial constraints of the soft-budget effect. Moreover, our extended analyses reveal that the negative impact of government control on the value of cash depends on regional institutional development. In particular, in regions with high institutional development, government control reduces the value of cash, while in areas that are less developed, this negative impact is attenuated to some extent. Overall, our findings shed new light and add a further dimension to the literature, broadening our understanding of the impact of government intervention on the listed firms under its control.

Keywords: Government control; Value of cash; Political expropriation; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G32 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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