Precautionary motives for private firms’ cash holdings

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the precautionary motive for holding cash in private firms. We check novel implications of such motive that arise under conditions that are typical of private firms. Because of the incomplete separation of the finances of these firms from the finances of the owner, we also complement the traditional precautionary motive with a novel variant that considers stakeholders’ risk attitudes. We find empirical evidence consistent with both versions of the precautionary motive though some of the implications of the traditional precautionary motive, in the form of the hedging motive, are unsupported by the data.

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