Employment stability and corporate cash holdings

Syungjin Han (First Author), Chang Hyun Kim (Participant Author)

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Abstract

This paper investigates how a firm's employment stability affects the level of its cash holdings. We find that firms with high employment stability (as measured by one minus a firm's employment elasticity with respect to its sales) maintain large cash holdings. The positive effect of employment stability on cash holdings is stronger for R&D intensive firms and firms with high firm-specific human capital. These results are consistent with theories predicting that firms hold cash to signal the credibility of their employment policies regarding job security.
Original languageEnglish
JournalApplied Economics Letters
Issue numberEarly Access
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Corresponding author email

sjhan7@hongik.ac.kr

Keywords

  • Cash holdings
  • employment stability
  • implicit contract
  • job security

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  • ABDC-B
  • SSCI

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