Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China
The main purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of changes in cash flow measures and metrics on firm financial performance. The study uses generalized estimating equations (GEEs) methodology to analyze longitudinal data for sample of 20288 listed Chinese non-financial firms from the p...
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| description | The main purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of changes in cash flow measures and metrics on firm financial performance. The study uses generalized estimating equations (GEEs) methodology to analyze longitudinal data for sample of 20288 listed Chinese non-financial firms from the period 2018:q2-2020:q1. The main advantage of GEEs method over other estimation techniques is its ability to robustly estimate the variances of regression coefficients for data samples that display high correlation between repeated measurements. The findings of study show that the decline in cash flow measures and metrics bring significant positive improvements in the financial performance of firms. The empirical evidence suggests that performance improvement levers (i.e. cash flow measures and metrics) are more pronounced in low leverage firms, suggesting that changes in cash flow measures and metrics bring more positive changes in low leverage firms’ financial performance relatively to high leveraged firms. The results hold after mitigating endogeneity based on dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) and sensitivity analysis considering the robustness of main findings. The paper makes significant contribution to the literature related to cash flow management and working capital management. Since, this paper is among few to empirically study, how cash flow measures and metrics are related to firm performance from dynamic stand point especially from the context of Chinese non-financial firms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a46c475b297140b4bfd821a9c8a833c32023-06-22T05:31:37ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01186Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of ChinaFahmida LaghariFarhan AhmedMaría de las Nieves López GarcíaThe main purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of changes in cash flow measures and metrics on firm financial performance. The study uses generalized estimating equations (GEEs) methodology to analyze longitudinal data for sample of 20288 listed Chinese non-financial firms from the period 2018:q2-2020:q1. The main advantage of GEEs method over other estimation techniques is its ability to robustly estimate the variances of regression coefficients for data samples that display high correlation between repeated measurements. The findings of study show that the decline in cash flow measures and metrics bring significant positive improvements in the financial performance of firms. The empirical evidence suggests that performance improvement levers (i.e. cash flow measures and metrics) are more pronounced in low leverage firms, suggesting that changes in cash flow measures and metrics bring more positive changes in low leverage firms’ financial performance relatively to high leveraged firms. The results hold after mitigating endogeneity based on dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) and sensitivity analysis considering the robustness of main findings. The paper makes significant contribution to the literature related to cash flow management and working capital management. Since, this paper is among few to empirically study, how cash flow measures and metrics are related to firm performance from dynamic stand point especially from the context of Chinese non-financial firms.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281586/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Fahmida Laghari Farhan Ahmed María de las Nieves López García Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China PLoS ONE |
| title | Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China |
| title_full | Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China |
| title_fullStr | Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China |
| title_short | Cash flow management and its effect on firm performance: Empirical evidence on non-financial firms of China |
| title_sort | cash flow management and its effect on firm performance empirical evidence on non financial firms of china |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281586/?tool=EBI |
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