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Table 9 The market expectation and the value of cash holdings

From: Cash holdings, corporate governance, and acquirer returns

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

E-indext

0.005 (0.17)

0.063** (2.48)

0.135** (2.54)

0.135** (2.56)

0.147*** (2.98)

Excess Casht

2.548*** (40.25)

4.043*** (50.92)

4.063*** (8.71)

4.062*** (8.63)

3.130*** (5.88)

E-indext × Excess Casht

 

−1.331*** (−28.94)

−1.311*** (−6.65)

−1.300*** (−5.39)

−0.974*** (−4.78)

E-indext × Excess Casht × After

   

−0.020 (−0.09)

0.217 (1.32)

E-indext × Pension Ownershipt

  

−0.207 (−0.39)

−0.205 (−0.38)

0.369 (0.72)

E-indext × Industry NPMt

  

−0.383* (−1.67)

−0.386* (−1.73)

−0.484** (−2.38)

Pension Ownershipt

  

−2.638 (−1.59)

−2.648 (−1.59)

−3.788** (−2.37)

Industry NPMt

  

−1.882** (−2.48)

−1.882** (−2.48)

−0.914 (−1.39)

Earningst

6.425*** (34.95)

6.771*** (38.58)

6.397*** (9.36)

6.392*** (9.39)

5.072*** (7.23)

ΔEarningst

−0.584*** (−8.43)

−0.842*** (−12.65)

−0.819*** (−3.48)

−0.820*** (−3.52)

−0.709*** (−2.74)

ΔEarningst+1

3.222*** (26.95)

3.133*** (27.50)

2.939*** (6.09)

2.935*** (6.10)

1.699*** (4.78)

R&Dt

7.288*** (11.42)

9.101*** (14.89)

8.620*** (3.80)

8.652*** (3.86)

11.710*** (5.67)

ΔR&Dt

−0.985* (−1.73)

−2.110*** (−3.88)

−1.895 (−1.15)

−1.911 (−1.16)

−3.358*** (−2.60)

ΔR&Dt+1

−0.706** (−2.29)

−0.685** (−2.34)

−0.890 (−0.61)

−0.887 (−0.61)

2.048*** (3.00)

Dividendst

6.240*** (9.28)

4.007*** (6.21)

4.068*** (2.71)

4.081*** (2.59)

5.741*** (3.88)

ΔDividendst

−1.102*** (−3.72)

−0.452 (−1.60)

−0.541* (−1.72)

−0.539* (−1.75)

−0.184 (−0.40)

ΔDividendst+1

3.519*** (6.89)

2.833*** (5.81)

2.727** (2.45)

2.746** (2.28)

4.867*** (3.36)

Interestst

10.284*** (6.32)

8.340*** (5.38)

6.987*** (2.86)

6.986*** (2.86)

9.899*** (4.51)

ΔInterestst

0.344 (0.20)

0.378 (0.23)

−0.530 (−0.13)

−0.530 (−0.12)

−2.286 (−1.22)

ΔInterestst+1

14.671*** (8.91)

14.635*** (9.33)

12.606*** (3.84)

12.62*** (3.82)

2.785* (1.84)

ΔNet Assetst

−0.128 (−1.54)

−0.302*** (−3.78)

−0.255 (−1.32)

−0.255 (−1.32)

−0.041 (−0.45)

ΔNet Assetst+1

−0.524*** (−12.21)

−0.488*** (−11.92)

−0.404*** (−4.02)

−0.404*** (−4.02)

−0.247*** (−4.11)

ΔMVt+1

−0.345*** (−43.39)

−0.340*** (−44.96)

−0.339*** (−3.94)

−0.339*** (−3.97)

−0.486*** (−7.96)

Intercept

1.172 (0.86)

1.166 (0.90)

1.588*** (6.73)

1.590*** (6.58)

1.126*** (6.12)

Adj. R2

0.843

0.858

0.862

0.862

0.909

N

9,929

9,929

9,929

9,929

7,113

  1. The dependent variable is the ratio of a firm’s market value to net assets. Net assets is book value of total assets minus cash and short-term investment. Excess cash is cash and short-term investment minus normal cash holdings predicted from model (1) of table 3. After equals to 1 for years after year 2001 and 0, otherwise. Earnings are earnings before extraordinary items scaled by net assets. R&D is R&D expenses scaled by net assets. For missing R&D value, we assign a value of zero. Dividends is dividends/net assets. Interests is interest payments/net assets. MV is the market value of a firm divided by net assets. In models (1)-(4), changes are estimated over 1 lag and, in model (5), 2 lags. All models are estimated with year dummy variables and firm fixed effects. All final variables are winsorized at the 1st and 99th percentiles. ***, **, and *denote significance at the 1 %, 5 %, and 10 % levels, respectively