The results confirmed the effect of accruals quality on cash holdings found in
the prior analysis. In all the estimations, the coefficients on the alternatives
measures of accruals quality are positive and significant at the 1 per cent level.
Therefore, we can confirm that firms keep more cash when accounting quality
is lower. With reference to the rest of the determinants, we also found support
for previous estimations, and found a significant relationship (and with the
same sign) for variables LTDEBT, BANKD, LEV, LIQ and CFLOW.
6. Conclusions