The determinants of cash holding: evidence from construction firm in Malaysia / Norziela Koumin

The topic on cash holding has appealed argument in the field of financial management for the past century. A lot of studies were done by previous researcher on the cash holding's determinants which is in the developed economies while little attention is given to the corporate cash holding in the developing economies. The objective this study is to identify and measure relationship of firm size, leverage, net working capital, and cash conversion cycle towards cash holding. A sample of 17 construction firms in Malaysia which listed in the Bursa Malaysia was selected for the study, for the reason of examining relationship. Secondary data for period 2010-2015 was selected for the study.