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The Impact of Over-investment on the Market Value of Cash Holdings: Focusing on Ownership Structure

소유구조에 따른 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 미치는 영향

  • Cho Jungeun (Dept. of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2023.02.17
  • Accepted : 2023.03.11
  • Published : 2023.03.31
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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of over-investment on the market value of cash holdings. In addition, this paper examines whether the effect of over-investment on the value of cash holdings differs depending on firms' ownership structure. The results show that increase in over-investment reduces the market value of cash holdings. This suggests that investors perceive that over-investment deteriorates future business performance and generates excessive burdens on future cash flows. As a result, they provide negative evaluation on the market value of cash holdings. In addition, the negative impact of over-investment on the market value of cash holdings is more significant for owner manager firms where managers hold a high level of equity. Such empirical results imply that owner manager firms are more likely to use their cash holdings for private interest, therefore, over-investment reduces the cash value to a greater extent. This study provides empirical evidence that the effect of over-investment on the market value of cash holdings varies depending on the characteristics of firms' ownership structure.

본 연구는 기업의 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 또한 기업의 소유구조에 따라 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 미치는 영향이 차별적으로 나타나는지 검증하였다. 분석결과, 과잉투자성향이 증가할수록 기업의 보유현금에 대한 시장가치는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 투자자들이 과잉투자성향이 높은 기업이 미래의 경영성과가 악화되고 미래 현금흐름에 대한 부담이 과도하게 발생할 것으로 인식하여 이러한 기업의 보유현금에 대한 시장가치를 부정적으로 평가하는 것으로 해석된다. 또한 경영자가 높은 수준의 지분을 보유하고 있는 소유경영자 지배기업의 경우 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치를 감소시키는 효과가 더 크게 나타난다는 결과를 발견하였다. 이는 소유경영자 지배기업의 경영자가 자신의 특권을 누리기 위한 목적으로 보유현금을 사적으로 유용하는 것으로 시장에서 인식되어 과잉투자성향이 현금가치를 더 큰 폭으로 감소시키는 것으로 파악된다. 본 연구는 기업의 소유구조의 특성에 따라 과잉투자성향이 보유현금의 시장가치에 미치는 영향이 다르게 나타날 수 있음을 확인하였다는 측면에서 의의를 갖는다.

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