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Corporate Cash Holding and Monetary Policy

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  • Baki Cem Şahin

    (Central Bank of Turkey)

  • Selçuk Gül

    (Central Bank of Turkey)

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Corporate cash holding behavior is important to understand firms in terms of management and decision-making, and the finance literature provides diverse views on the determinants of corporate cash holdings. In this study, we examine the cash holding decision from a macroeconomic perspective and investigate whether monetary policy affects firms’ cash holding decisions. Our analysis based on turkish listed non-financial firms suggests that monetary policy has no effect on corporate cash holdings, contrary to recent empirical evidence. In this regard, the results infer that the relationship between monetary policy and cash holding decisions established before in the literature could not be generalizable.

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  • Baki Cem Şahin & Selçuk Gül, 2022. "Corporate Cash Holding and Monetary Policy," Journal of Finance Letters (Maliye ve Finans Yazıları), Maliye ve Finans Yazıları Yayıncılık Ltd. Şti., vol. 37(117), pages 101-114, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:acc:malfin:v:37:y:2022:i:117:p:101-114
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33203/mfy.1044804
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    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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