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Relationship Between the Characteristics of CEOs and Excess Cash Holdings of Firms

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  • Jaemin Lim
  • Sang Cheol Lee

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This study investigates the relationship between excess cash holdings of firms and CEO characteristics, such as ownership type, presence of stock options, inclusion in a chaebol, and CEO tenure. Based on a sample of non-financial listed Korean companies for 2000–2014, we find first, that professional CEOs have higher excess cash holdings than owner-managers have. Second, longer CEO tenure lowers excess cash holdings but decreases the marginal impact of CEO tenure on excess cash holdings. Third, the effect of CEO affiliation to a chaebol on excess cash holdings was greater before the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 than after it. Excess cash holdings arise from agency problems and the CEO horizon problem but agency problems between minority and dominant shareholders have eased in Korea since the crisis.

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  • Jaemin Lim & Sang Cheol Lee, 2019. "Relationship Between the Characteristics of CEOs and Excess Cash Holdings of Firms," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 1069-1090, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:55:y:2019:i:5:p:1069-1090
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2018.1518778
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    1. Jialun Yang & Frank Y. Feng, 2020. "Engineer CEOs and Corporate Innovation," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 10(6), pages 1-5.
    2. Mosab I. Tabash & Adel Ahmed & Linda Nalini Daniel & Yasmeen Elsantil, 2023. "Impact of Board Ownership Structure on Firm Value and Excessive Cash Holdings: Evidence from Pakistan," Advances in Decision Sciences, Asia University, Taiwan, vol. 27(3), pages 109-134, September.
    3. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Wang, Chih-Wei, 2021. "Firms' cash reserve, financial constraint, and geopolitical risk," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    4. Yang, Hanping & Xue, Kunkun, 2023. "Board diversity and the marginal value of corporate cash holdings," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    5. Tutun Mukherjee & Som Sankar Sen, 2022. "Impact of CEO attributes on corporate reputation, financial performance, and corporate sustainable growth: evidence from India," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 1-50, December.

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