Collective bargaining power and corporate cash policy
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چکیده
This paper provides novel evidence on the role of labor unions in firms’ corporate cash policy. Examining unionization rates firms across 29 countries for period 2004–2015, we show that respond to an increase rate by decreasing their holdings. The reported effect is symmetric, increases (decreases) (increasing) buffers. These results are consistent with bargaining hypothesis, namely, strategically decrease level counter rise employees’ power due increased unionization. Additionally, find negative holdings more pronounced labor-intensive, large, high-growth, high profitability, and low productive firms. countries’ quality institutions intensifies documented relationship, what line cost economies theory. Moreover, exploit shocks following a banking crisis influence negatively firm's levels. findings robust different variable constructions, alternative dependent definitions, controlling potentially correlated time-variant firm characteristics, saturation dense set fixed effects, endogeneity concerns.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Review of Law and Economics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0144-8188', '1873-6394']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2021.106007