The availability of cash at the disposal of any industrial enterprise provides a sense of economic freedom in the implementation of its development strategy. The total cash indicator is directly dependent on the cash flows across various types of activities. To meet the informational needs of...

This systematic review analyzes and compares the predictive power between traditional financial ratios and cash flow-based ratios in estimating performance. Although traditional ratios of return on assets and debt to equity have received extensive application, cash flow ratios are increasingly...

This paper examines the direct and spillover effects of cash transfers paid in a rural and low-income setting. In the short run, an unconditional cash transfer program for ultra-poor households in Northern Nigeria led to a 12 percentage point increase in micro-enterprise formation for program...

We propose a new approach to identify firm-level financial constraints by applying artificial intelligence to text of 10-K filings by U.S. public firms from 1993 to 2021. Leveraging transformer-based natural language processing, our model captures contextual and semantic nuances often missed by...

Purpose - The literature on financing constraints in emerging markets is still under-researched and is often described as a "black box." This study aims to shed light on this underexplored area for emerging economies. Specifically, it attempts to understand the phenomenon of financing...

We study the time-varying effects of Tobin's q and cash flow on investment dynamics in the USA using a vector autoregression model with drifting parameters and stochastic volatilities estimated via Bayesian methods. We find significant variation over time of the response of investment to shocks...

This paper investigates the direct association between cash flow volatility and capital structure (i.e. debt ratio). This study further examines the moderating role of fixed assets on the association between cash flow volatility and capital structure in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...

The paper highlights the encountered problems in implementing real options under more realistic assumptions such as business cycle risk and normally distributed cash flows. The problems considered include (i) estimating empirical distribution of cash flows from real option investments; (ii)...

This study examines the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and operating cash flow opacity (OCFOP). The current study also aims to examine the moderating effect of corporate tax avoidance on the relationship between CSR and OCFOP. The sample used in this research...

Euro banknotes and coins are legal tender in the euro area. Cash is also an important payment instrument for ensuring that consumers have the freedom to choose how they pay, and it is essential for the financial inclusion of all groups in society. The Eurosystem cash strategy aims to ensure that...

Using data of 1,457 Chinese A-share listed enterprises from 2012 to 2021, this study investigates the impact of regional digital finance development on inefficient corporate investments. Data for core explanatory variables, including Digital Finance and Breadth, were obtained from the Peking...

The empirical literature on the association of cash flow volatility and debt maturity structure is limited and inconclusive. This article investigates the impact of cash flow volatility on debt maturity structure, and the interaction effect of cash flow volatility and fixed assets on debt...