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Title: Employee Protection Shocks and Corporate Cash Holdings Employee Protection Shocks and Corporate Cash Holdings Employee Protection Shocks and Corporate Cash Holdings
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: We examine the relation between employee protection legislation and corporate cash holdings. As wages become less elastic in a firm’s production function, precautionary savings are expected to increase. We show that the staggered passage of legal exceptions to the “at-will” employment doctrine in various U.S. states led to an average increase in cash holdings by 8.7%. Cash holdings increase more for financially unconstrained firms, labor-intensive firms and firms operating in volatile industries. Consistent with the financial flexibility argument of tighter employment protection increasing corporate cash needs, one additional dollar of cash is valued 30% higher post passage of pro-labor regulations compared to before the adoption.
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Authors: Beuselinck, Christof; Markarian, Garen; Verriest, Arnt
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: United States