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Working Capital Management and Shareholder Wealth


Robert L. Kieschnick


University of Texas at Dallas

Mark Laplante


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Rabih Moussawi


University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

April 27, 2012


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We provide the first empirical study of the relationship between corporate working capital management and shareholder wealth. Examining U.S. corporations from 1990 through 2006, we find evidence that: the incremental dollar invested in net operating working capital is worth less than the incremental dollar held in cash for the average firm; the valuation of the incremental dollar invested in net operating working capital is significantly influenced by a firm’s future sales expectations, its debt load, its financial constraints, and its bankruptcy risk; and the value of the incremental dollar extended in credit to one’s customers has a greater effect on shareholder wealth than the incremental dollar invested in inventories for the average firm.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 31

Keywords: working capital, financing, shareholder wealth

JEL Classification: G31, G34

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Date posted: April 10, 2011 ; Last revised: November 25, 2012

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Kieschnick, Robert L., Laplante, Mark and Moussawi, Rabih, Working Capital Management and Shareholder Wealth (April 27, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1431165 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1431165

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Robert L. Kieschnick (Contact Author)
University of Texas at Dallas ( email )
800 W. Campbell Rd, SM31
Richardson, TX 75080
United States
972-883-6273 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://www.utdallas.edu/~rkiesch/
Mark Laplante
affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )
Rabih Moussawi
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School ( email )
3733 Spruce Street
216 Vance Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365
United States
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