The impact of economic policy uncertainty and inflation risk on corporate cash holdings

The impact of economic policy uncertainty and inflation risk on corporate cash holdings Abstract This paper analyses the joint effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) and inflation risk on the Corporate Cash Holdings (CCH) of US firms from 2011 to 2021. The baseline results suggest that EPU and inflation risk positively impact CCH. Moreover, we find the same results between inflation risk and CCH. However, EPU and CCH are negatively associated. Additionally, construction (finance) firms ho...