Corporate liquidity and dividend policy under uncertainty

Corporate liquidity , and dividend policy under uncertainty

We examine firm valuation with optimal liquidity (retained earnings) and dividend choice under revenue uncertainty that incorporates debt financing and bankruptcy costs. We revisit the conditions for dividend policy irrelevancy and the role of retained earnings and dividends. Retained earnings have a net positive impact on firm value in the presence of growth options, high external financing co...

Exit Options and Dividend Policy under Liquidity Constraints

We introduce a post-entry liquidity constraint to the standard model of a …rm with serially correlated pro…tability and an irreversible exit decision. We assume that …rms with no cash holdings and negative cash ‡ow must either exit or raise new cash at a transaction cost. This creates a precautionary motive for holding cash, which must be traded o¤ against the liquidity cost of holding cash. We...

Analysts and Corporate Liquidity Policy

This paper examines how equity analysts affect corporate liquidity policy and the value of cash. Greater analyst coverage reduces information asymmetry between a firm and outside shareholders and enhances the monitoring process, in turn increasing the value of cash and allowing firms to hold more cash. The cash-to-assets ratio increases by 5.2 percentage points when moving from the bottom analy...

Uncertainty Determinants of Corporate Liquidity

This paper investigates the link between the optimal level of non–financial firms’ liquid assets and uncertainty. We develop a partial equilibrium model of precautionary demand for cash that shows that firms are likely to change their liquidity ratio in response to changes in uncertainty. We test this proposition using a panel of non–financial US firms drawn from COMPUSTAT quarterly database co...

Dividend Policy and Cash Flow Uncertainty