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Cash Holdings and Access to External Finance: Evidence from the Bank Loan Market

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  • Adelina Barbalau
  • Mark R. Huson
  • Lukas Roth

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Using a large sample of bank loans obtained by U.S. firms, we examine the relation between cash holdings and access to external finance via bank loans. We document a negative relation between cash holdings and loan spreads. This negative relation is confirmed in a subsample of quasi-exogenous loan issuances associated with covenant violations and is stronger for higher risk and financially constrained firms. We also find that restrictions to aggregate credit supply have a smaller impact on the cost of funds at high-cash firms, and loans to high-cash firms have fewer restrictive covenants. All else equal, high-cash firms are less financially constrained not only because they have cash to draw down, but also because cash facilitates accessing external capital from banks.

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  • Adelina Barbalau & Mark R. Huson & Lukas Roth, 2022. "Cash Holdings and Access to External Finance: Evidence from the Bank Loan Market," Review of Corporate Finance, now publishers, vol. 2(1), pages 65-97, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlrcf:114.00000013
    DOI: 10.1561/114.00000013
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    Keywords

    Cash holdings; bank loans; yield spread; covenants; financial constraints;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • 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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