Article
Internationalization and cash holdings before and after the 2008 financial crisis: an empirical investigation of Latin American firms
Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies
(2021)
Abstract
This study investigates the determinants of corporate cash holdings for a sample of Latin American domestic and multinational corporations (MNCs) before and after the 2008 financial crisis. Our results show that MNCs have higher cash holdings than firms with only local operations. Before the financial crisis, there is no statistical difference in the cash holdings between the two groups. After the financial crisis, MNCs have higher cash holdings than domestic firms. The negative effect of political risk on cash holdings is less pronounced for MNCs. Internationalization appears to mitigate the impact of economic shocks in Latin American firms.
Keywords
- Internationalization,
- cash holdings,
- financial crises,
- emerging markets
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 8, 2021
DOI
10.1080/17520843.2021.1997260
Publisher Statement
This article was published by Taylor & Francis Online in Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2021.1997260.
Citation Information
Sheryl-Ann K. Stephen and Mauricio A. Melgarejo Duran. "Internationalization and cash holdings before and after the 2008 financial crisis: an empirical investigation of Latin American firms" Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies (2021) p. 1 - 18 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sheryl-ann_stephen/21/