Cash Holdings in Pakistani Firm’s

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Muhammad Tahir Awan , Habib Ahmad ,

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Volume 3 - January 2014 (01)

Abstract

Unbalanced panel of 363 Pakistani public listed firms is used to analyze factors affecting cash of the firm. We came to know that larger firms having more networking capital hold more cash. Results also suggest that cash holding of a year is also depending upon cash holding of previous year.

Keywords

Cash Holdings, Pakistani Firms, Cash, Financial Leverage, Random Effect Model.

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