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| Pascal Nguyen and Sadek Ouhadouch |
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| ''The bright side of CEO-board social ties: Evidence from French firms' cash holdings'' |
| ( 2021, Vol. 41 No.4 ) |
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| We test the hypothesis that CEO-board social ties facilitate corporate financing. Our empirical approach is based on the precautionary motive for holding cash, which implies that firms hold more cash if they have more growth opportunities or if their cash flows are more volatile. Using a sample of French firms over the period 2006-2017, we show that firms with board-connected CEOs are less sensitive to these two factors, suggesting easier access to external finance. The results take into account the dynamic and endogenous nature of the relationship between board composition and cash holdings. |
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| Keywords: social networks, school ties, financing, cash holdings, endogeneity, panel data |
JEL: G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance: General
C3 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions |
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| Manuscript Received : Jan 13 2021 | | Manuscript Accepted : Dec 29 2021 |
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