DOES OPTIMAL CASH HOLDING MATTER IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING PROFITABILITY?
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https://doi.org/10.37435/NBR22051501Keywords:
Cash Holding; Firm's Profitability; Threshold Regression; Panel DataAbstract
ABSTRACT
Purpose: This study was aimed to identify optimal cash holding factors and how they impacted the profitability of Pakistani-listed enterprises.
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