Table 4.

Baseline results

(1)(2)(3)
VariablesCash ratioLog cashlagDependent
PostIFRS-90.005*** (3.191)0.130*** (2.921)0.003** (3.482)
Post−0.001** (−2.003)−0.041*** (−2.810)0.001 (0.245)
IFRS-9−0.0231*** (−3.034)−0.023** (−2.130)−0.005*** (−3.001)
Lag of dependent  0.956*** (47.51)
Sales−0.010* (−1.723)−0.047** (−2.136)−0.004*** (−9.883)
Trade receivables0.006*** (2.831)0.014*** (3.738)0.003*** (2.894)
Trade payables0.000 (1.524)0.000 (1.264)0.000 (0.883)
Growth opportunities0.007* (1.761)0.061** (2.264)0.003*** (3.369)
Leverage0.005** (2.141)0.098** (2.581)0.001** (1.998)
Profitability−0.001 (−0.783)−0.011 (−1.259)−0.000 (−0.740)
Finance cost−0.022*** (−6.919)−0.034*** (−9.223)−0.019 (−0.098)
Firm size0.013*** (3.261)1.108*** (34.235)0.010* (2.087)
Domestic credit (credit)−0.012* (1.76)−0.011* (1.65)−0.009 (1.54)
Real interest rate (RIR)0.008 (0.98)0.031 (1.21)0.036 (1.32)
GDP growth rate0.001 (1.45)0.002 1.48)0.001 (1.38)
GDP per capita0.046** (1.98)0.042* (1.86)0.051 (1.54)
Constant0.092** (2.371)−1.715*** (−8.101)0.085** (2.360)
Industry effectYesYesYes
Year effectYesYesYes
Observations37,32837,32837,328
R-squared0.3440.5790.787

Note(s): This table presents baseline results. Cash holding is the ratio of total cash and cash equivalent to total tangible assets. Log Cash is the natural logarithm of cash and cash equivalent. In column 3, the dependable variable is the lagged cash ratio. Robust t-statistics in parentheses ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1

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