Cash flow-investment relationship in Malaysia: a panel threshold regression analysis
The objective of this article is to analyse the relationship pattern of cash flow-investment among low and high debt firms. To investigate the issue, we employed Hansen’s (1999) threshold method of non-dynamic panel data. In this article, the firm debt ratio was used as threshold variable. A bala...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9607/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9607/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9607/1/12179-33189-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | The objective of this article is to analyse the relationship pattern of cash flow-investment
among low and high debt firms. To investigate the issue, we employed Hansen’s (1999)
threshold method of non-dynamic panel data. In this article, the firm debt ratio was used as
threshold variable. A balanced panel data of companies listed on Bursa Malaysia,
comprising of 234 companies for a period from 2004 to 2010, was utilized in this study. The
results showed that debt ratio has a significant role at explaining the cash flow-investment
relationship among firms. In particular, the results showed that low debt firms exhibit
significant support to the financial constraints hypothesis, while high debt firms demonstrate
support to the free-cash flow hypothesis. This finding explains why the cash flow-investment
relationship of certain firms is negative, while other firms are positive. It also signifies the
inability of constrained firms to access to external financing; thus, leading the firms to
significantly rely on their internal financings. |
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