Relationship between ownership and cash holding – dividend payout as an alternative measure of financial deficit
| CASH1 | CASH2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLS | GMM | POLS | GMM | |||||
| Deficit | Surplus | All firms | All firms | Deficit | Surplus | All firms | All firms | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| L.CASH1 | 0.6905*** | |||||||
| [0.0337] | ||||||||
| L.CASH2 | 0.5759*** | |||||||
| [0.0408] | ||||||||
| FO | 0.1502*** | 0.0372* | 0.0467** | −0.0067 | 0.1765*** | 0.0399** | 0.0473** | 0.0046 |
| [0.0339] | [0.0215] | [0.0216] | [0.0091] | [0.0369] | [0.0193] | [0.0189] | [0.0105] | |
| SO | 0.0407*** | 0.0185 | 0.0232 | 0.0073* | 0.0451*** | 0.0174 | 0.0210 | 0.0084* |
| [0.0104] | [0.0150] | [0.0154] | [0.0059] | [0.0115] | [0.0141] | [0.0143] | [0.0079] | |
| deficit_dum2 | −0.0320*** | −0.0070** | −0.0370*** | −0.0079** | ||||
| [0.0065] | [0.0029] | [0.0061] | [0.0038] | |||||
| FO*deficit_dum2 | 0.0950*** | 0.0315* | 0.1216*** | 0.0337* | ||||
| [0.0367] | [0.0164] | [0.0374] | [0.0192] | |||||
| SO* deficit_dum2 | 0.0144 | 0.0016* | 0.0215 | 0.0005* | ||||
| [0.0167] | [0.0069] | [0.0163] | [0.0091] | |||||
| SIZE | −0.0082*** | −0.0004 | −0.0052*** | 0.0014*** | −0.0108*** | −0.0031 | −0.0079*** | 0.0025*** |
| [0.0020] | [0.0029] | [0.0018] | [0.0002] | [0.0022] | [0.0024] | [0.0018] | [0.0003] | |
| GROWTH | 0.0029 | −0.0325*** | −0.0149*** | −0.0069*** | −0.0463*** | −0.0811*** | −0.0640*** | −0.0403*** |
| [0.0070] | [0.0078] | [0.0053] | [0.0024] | [0.0051] | [0.0061] | [0.0044] | [0.0034] | |
| PROFIT | 0.2059*** | 0.2581*** | 0.2211*** | 0.1010*** | 0.1383*** | 0.1797*** | 0.1463*** | 0.1295*** |
| [0.0423] | [0.0507] | [0.0334] | [0.0160] | [0.0346] | [0.0412] | [0.0275] | [0.0164] | |
| TDA | −0.1271*** | −0.2011*** | −0.1566*** | −0.0626*** | −0.1249*** | −0.1806*** | −0.1462*** | −0.0754*** |
| [0.0142] | [0.0225] | [0.0141] | [0.0084] | [0.0138] | [0.0204] | [0.0135] | [0.0109] | |
| Constant | 0.2927*** | 0.1510* | 0.2630*** | 0.4029*** | 0.2664*** | 0.3778*** | ||
| [0.0550] | [0.0772] | [0.0509] | [0.0594] | [0.0667] | [0.0495] | |||
| N | 3,598 | 3,228 | 6,826 | 6,790 | 3,598 | 3,228 | 6,826 | 6,218 |
| R2 | 0.1818 | 0.1867 | 0.2007 | 0.2121 | 0.2704 | 0.2433 | ||
| AR2 | 0.2428 | 0.5367 | ||||||
| Hansen | 0.0579 | 0.1240 | ||||||
| CASH1 | CASH2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLS | GMM | POLS | GMM | |||||
| Deficit | Surplus | All firms | All firms | Deficit | Surplus | All firms | All firms | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| L.CASH1 | 0.6905*** | |||||||
| [0.0337] | ||||||||
| L.CASH2 | 0.5759*** | |||||||
| [0.0408] | ||||||||
| FO | 0.1502*** | 0.0372* | 0.0467** | −0.0067 | 0.1765*** | 0.0399** | 0.0473** | 0.0046 |
| [0.0339] | [0.0215] | [0.0216] | [0.0091] | [0.0369] | [0.0193] | [0.0189] | [0.0105] | |
| SO | 0.0407*** | 0.0185 | 0.0232 | 0.0073* | 0.0451*** | 0.0174 | 0.0210 | 0.0084* |
| [0.0104] | [0.0150] | [0.0154] | [0.0059] | [0.0115] | [0.0141] | [0.0143] | [0.0079] | |
| deficit_dum2 | −0.0320*** | −0.0070** | −0.0370*** | −0.0079** | ||||
| [0.0065] | [0.0029] | [0.0061] | [0.0038] | |||||
| FO*deficit_dum2 | 0.0950*** | 0.0315* | 0.1216*** | 0.0337* | ||||
| [0.0367] | [0.0164] | [0.0374] | [0.0192] | |||||
| SO* deficit_dum2 | 0.0144 | 0.0016* | 0.0215 | 0.0005* | ||||
| [0.0167] | [0.0069] | [0.0163] | [0.0091] | |||||
| SIZE | −0.0082*** | −0.0004 | −0.0052*** | 0.0014*** | −0.0108*** | −0.0031 | −0.0079*** | 0.0025*** |
| [0.0020] | [0.0029] | [0.0018] | [0.0002] | [0.0022] | [0.0024] | [0.0018] | [0.0003] | |
| GROWTH | 0.0029 | −0.0325*** | −0.0149*** | −0.0069*** | −0.0463*** | −0.0811*** | −0.0640*** | −0.0403*** |
| [0.0070] | [0.0078] | [0.0053] | [0.0024] | [0.0051] | [0.0061] | [0.0044] | [0.0034] | |
| PROFIT | 0.2059*** | 0.2581*** | 0.2211*** | 0.1010*** | 0.1383*** | 0.1797*** | 0.1463*** | 0.1295*** |
| [0.0423] | [0.0507] | [0.0334] | [0.0160] | [0.0346] | [0.0412] | [0.0275] | [0.0164] | |
| TDA | −0.1271*** | −0.2011*** | −0.1566*** | −0.0626*** | −0.1249*** | −0.1806*** | −0.1462*** | −0.0754*** |
| [0.0142] | [0.0225] | [0.0141] | [0.0084] | [0.0138] | [0.0204] | [0.0135] | [0.0109] | |
| Constant | 0.2927*** | 0.1510* | 0.2630*** | 0.4029*** | 0.2664*** | 0.3778*** | ||
| [0.0550] | [0.0772] | [0.0509] | [0.0594] | [0.0667] | [0.0495] | |||
| N | 3,598 | 3,228 | 6,826 | 6,790 | 3,598 | 3,228 | 6,826 | 6,218 |
| 0.1818 | 0.1867 | 0.2007 | 0.2121 | 0.2704 | 0.2433 | |||
| AR2 | 0.2428 | 0.5367 | ||||||
| Hansen | 0.0579 | 0.1240 | ||||||
Note(s): The table presents the results of Equation (1) for two groups: deficit and surplus firms, and results with dummy variables for all firms. Standard errors are in parentheses. The superscripts *, ** and *** indicate significance at the 5, 1 and 0.1% levels, respectively
Source(s): Authors' own calculation
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