Subjects in a controlled laboratory experiment choose a withdraw policy from a cash flow evolving according to an arithmetic Brownian motion. Earnings are based on total withdraws but aggressive withdraw policies expose the subject to risk of ruin. The policy that maximizes expected earnings does not, in general, maximize the odds of survival. We find that in treatments in which wealth maximiza...

Treasury departments of financial institutions often view the management of physical cash as an unavoidable but necessary part of their business – and usually not as core to their business activities. Yet, on the other hand, cash is perceived as sensitive and in most cases cannot be outsourced completely. At the same time, even after many years of ongoing payment innovations, cash is by far sti...

This paper examines whether the market reaction to investment announcements is conditional on company excess cash holdings. Cash may convey significant price-relevant information about future flows and strategic direction of a company. Using sample 4,256 corporate by firms listed London Stock Exchange over period 2005–2019, we show that reactions new are higher for with Furthermore, provide evi...

1. The deaths were announced with regret of G. E. S. Ward and D. H. Davies. 2. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting having been published in the Joumal (1968, 30,869) were taken as read and confirmed. 3. The Treasurer reported that the investments of the General Fund remained at C529.2.0 and that income from investments had increased by £40, due to the larger amount held on deposit. The in...

journal of accounting advances (j.a.a) vol. 5, no. 1, 2013, ser. 64/3     extended abstract   monitoring role of auditing and corporate dividend payout policies   dr. v. khodadadi              s. hajizadeh               r. ghorbani shahid chamran university of ahvaz   introduction the aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between monitoring role of independent auditing and corporate ...

Pharmacy managers face unique challenges when it comes to the proper management of inventory, with balancing inventory levels that satisfy patients’ needs while minimizing costs the primary goal. This goal is not met when inventory is managed without careful planning and analysis – for example, just ordering substantial quantities of each formulary medication in an institutional setting. While ...

A series of experiments, in which nine participants trade an asset over 15 periods, test the hypothesis that an initial imbalance of asset/cash will influence the trading price over an extended time. Participants know at the outset that the asset or "stock" pays a single dividend with fixed expectation value at the end of the 15th period. In experiments with a greater total value of cash at the...

Pharmacy managers face unique challenges when it comes to the proper management of inventory, with balancing inventory levels that satisfy patients’ needs while minimizing costs the primary goal. This goal is not met when inventory is managed without careful planning and analysis – for example, just ordering substantial quantities of each formulary medication in an institutional setting. While ...