Accounting Comparability and Cash Holdings in Vietnam

Autor: Liem Thanh Nguyen, Khuong Vinh Nguyen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Financial Studies, Vol 9, Iss 2, p 27 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-7072
DOI: 10.3390/ijfs9020027
Popis: The management of cash requires careful considerations to allow firms to benefit from proper resource allocations while mitigating agency issues. Accounting comparability can play an important role in tackling information asymmetry and agency cost, thus enabling managers to hoard more cash. This research aims to investigate the link between accounting comparability and cash holdings in an emerging market. Using a sample of listed firms in Vietnam from 2010 to 2019 and System Generalized Method of Moments, the study finds that comparability is positively associated with corporate cash holdings, confirming the value of the former as an effective governance mechanism. Additionally, we find a non-linear impact of comparability on cash holdings; in other words, comparability specifically enhances cash holdings for firms with high levels of comparability. We further document that cash holdings improve firm performance only for firms with high levels of comparability. Such evidence implies that only firms with high levels of financial statement comparability show commitment to tackle agency cost and information asymmetry.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
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