The marginal value of cash: corporate savings, investment, and financing
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Author(s)
Bolton, Patrick
Chen, Hui
Wang, Neng
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The fact that internal liquidity is a key source of corporate funding puts the marginal value of cash at the center of a variety of firm decisions, including investment, payout, financing, savings, and risk management policies. The marginal value of cash is inherently a dynamic concept, because a firm facing financing frictions has to be forward-looking, managing its asset and liability structures in a unified framework and carefully trading off the use of liquidity across time and states. We present a dynamic framework for corporate liquidity management and survey the related literature, with a focus on the determinants of the marginal value of cash and its ubiquitous role in firm decisions.
Date Issued
2024-01-01
Date Acceptance
2024-09-01
Citation
Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2024, 16, pp.295-324
ISSN
1941-1367
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Start Page
295
End Page
324
Journal / Book Title
Annual Review of Financial Economics
Volume
16
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
AGENCY
Business & Economics
Business, Finance
CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT
DECISIONS
Economics
financing
HOLDINGS
ISSUANCE
liquidity
LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT
MODEL
q theory
RISK
Social Sciences
TRANSACTIONS DEMAND
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-09-24