Innovation and Corporate Cash Holdings in the Era of Globalization /

We document a broad-based trend in rising cash holdings of firms across major industrialized countries over the last two decades, a trend that is most pronounced for firms engaged strongly in R and D activities. Our contributions to the literature are twofold. First, we develop a simple model that b...

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1. Verfasser: Adler, Konrad
Weitere Verfasser: Ahn, JaeBin, Dao, Mai Chi
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/017
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
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