The speed of adjustment in working capital requirement

Sonia Baños-Caballero, Pedro J. García-Teruel and Pedro Martínez-Solano

The European Journal of Finance, 2013, vol. 19, issue 10, 978-992

Abstract: This paper analyzes the determinants of working capital requirement (WCR) and examines the speed with which firms adjust toward their target WCR. The findings indicate that firms adjust relatively quickly, which supports the hypothesis that current balance sheet items are easier to manipulate and could be changed quite easily, even in the short run. Moreover, we find that the speed of adjustment is not equal across all firms and varies according to their external finance constraints and their bargaining power. Firms with better access to external capital markets and greater bargaining power adjust faster due to their lower costs of adjustment.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2012.691889

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