International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

A study of the life cycle of dynamic cash holdings and cash management policies

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Management, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran

Abstract

Economic institutions and companies in the industry generally keep part of their assets in the form of cash balances, and determining the amount of cash is one of the crucial decisions taken by the management of the business unit. Therefore, this study evaluated the life cycle of dynamic cash holding and cash management policies of companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange. The population of this research is the companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange, which were tested in the time series between 2015 and 2021 using library and field methods. A multivariate regression line equation was used to test the hypotheses and estimate the statistical relationships between the life cycle of dynamic cash holdings and the cash management policies of companies. The results showed that the life cycle of dynamic cash holding significantly affected the cash management policies of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange.

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 16, Issue 7
July 2025
Pages 163-172
  • Receive Date: 15 February 2023
  • Revise Date: 23 May 2023
  • Accept Date: 26 May 2023