We examine the impact of a firm's chemical releases (an objective measure of environmental performance) on its cash holdings. The corporate social responsibility (precautionary) motive of cash holdings suggests a negative (positive) relation between chemical releases and cash holdings. Using a 27-year sample with 574 unique firms and 9748 observations, we find a significant and negative relation between chemical releases and cash holdings, suggesting that firms releasing more chemicals hold less cash. Our results are robust to changes analysis, instrumental variable two-stage regression, and other additional tests.
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Univ Iowa, Henry B Tippie Coll Business, Finance, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAUniv Iowa, Henry B Tippie Coll Business, Finance, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Lie, Erik
Liu, Yixin
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Univ New Hampshire, Peter T Paul Coll Business & Econ, Finance, Durham, NH 03824 USAUniv Iowa, Henry B Tippie Coll Business, Finance, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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Chengdu Univ Technol, Business Sch, 1 East Third Rd, Chengdu 610059, Peoples R ChinaChengdu Univ Technol, Business Sch, 1 East Third Rd, Chengdu 610059, Peoples R China
Luo, Haohan
Wang, Haijun
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Beijing Wuzi Univ, Sch Econ, 321 Fuhe St, Beijing 101149, Peoples R ChinaChengdu Univ Technol, Business Sch, 1 East Third Rd, Chengdu 610059, Peoples R China
Wang, Haijun
Wu, Ying
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Nanjing Normal Univ, Sch Business, 1 Wenyuan Rd, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Provinc, Peoples R ChinaChengdu Univ Technol, Business Sch, 1 East Third Rd, Chengdu 610059, Peoples R China
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Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Business & Technol Management, Daejeon, South KoreaKorea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Business & Technol Management, Daejeon, South Korea
Seo, Dong Wook
Han, Seung Hun
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Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Business & Technol Management, Daejeon, South KoreaKorea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Sch Business & Technol Management, Daejeon, South Korea
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Foreign Trade Univ, 15 D5 St,Ward 25,Ho Chi Minh City Campus, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamForeign Trade Univ, 15 D5 St,Ward 25,Ho Chi Minh City Campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nguyen, Xuan Minh
Nguyen, Thi Tuyet Mai
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Ho Chi Minh Natl Acad Polit, Acad Polit Reg 2, Ho Chi Minh, VietnamForeign Trade Univ, 15 D5 St,Ward 25,Ho Chi Minh City Campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam