The impact of financial education of executives on financial practices of medium and large enterprises

Claudia Custodio, Diogo Mendes and Daniel Metzger

NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of a course in finance for executives of medium and large enterprises through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Mozambique. Survey data and accounting data provide consistent evidence that managers change firm financial policies in response to finance education. The largest treatment effect is on short-term financial policies related to working capital. Reductions in accounts receivable and inventories generate an increase in cash flows used to finance long-term investments. Those changes also improve the performance of the treated firms. Overall, our results suggest that relatively small and low-cost interventions, such as a standard executive education program in finance, can help firms to mitigate financial constraints and potentially affect economic development.

JEL-codes: D4 G30 J24 L25 M41 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 66 pages
Date: 2021
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-acc, nep-cwa, nep-fle and nep-hrm
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