Investment opportunities and cash holdings of firms: an empirical study on Korean firms

Jaewoon Koo and Kyunghee Maeng

Applied Economics, 2019, vol. 51, issue 23, 2492-2500

Abstract: We find that the cash flow sensitivity of cash holdings of firms whose investment opportunities are lower is significantly higher by examining a panel data of 898 Korean firms for 1999–2014. The cash flow sensitivity of investment is also found to be lower in case of low investment opportunity. Both findings suggest that firms decide to hold cash in response to an increase in cash flow when they do not have a good investment opportunity. Precautionary motive because of financial constraints and uncertainty, and agency problems, however, are not associated with the cash flow sensitivity of cash holdings. These findings imply that it is necessary to develop new investment opportunities to encourage firms to spend more cash in Korea.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1545083

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