This study examines the effect of excess control rights on cash holding policy of Chinese family controlled firms. We find that excess control rights are positively associated to firms' cash holding of family controlled firms and that the high cash holding are tunnelled by controlling families...

We investigate how transient institutional ownership influences the level and value of cash holdings. We show that transient institutional ownership has a positive effect on cash holdings, and this linkage is more pronounced when stock and credit market conditions are less favorable. Using a...