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Article Dans Une Revue American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Année : 2019

Corporate Cash and Employment

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In the aftermath of the U.S. financial crisis, both a sharp drop in employment and a surge in corporate cash have been observed. In this paper, based on U.S. data, we argue that the negative relationship between the corporate cash ratio and employment is systematic, both over time and across firms. We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where heterogenous firms need cash and external liquid funds in their production process. We analyze the dynamic impact of aggregate shocks and the cross-firm impact of idiosyncratic shocks. We show that external liquidity shocks generate a negative comovement between the cash ratio and employment, as documented in the data.
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hal-01995011 , version 1 (12-02-2020)

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Philippe Bacchetta, Kenza Benhima, Céline Poilly. Corporate Cash and Employment. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019, 11 (3), pp.30-66. ⟨10.1257/mac.20150191⟩. ⟨hal-01995011⟩
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