Investing in working capital: a comparison of Canadian and U.S. firms

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dc.creator Khokhar, Rahman
dc.creator Sarkar, Sudipto
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-06T20:07:46Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-06T20:07:46Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier http://library2.smu.ca/bitstream/handle/01/25390/asb_proceedings_2011.pdf#page=89
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25645
dc.description.abstract This study investigates empirically the working capital policies of Canadian versus U.S. firms. Using a sample of 477 Canadian and 2,843 U.S. industrial firms over the period 1989-2009, we confirm significant differences between working capital practices of Canadian and U.S. firms, despite their geographical proximity and cultural similarities. Canadian firms, on average, invest less in working capital than their U.S. counterparts, and the difference is significant and persistent. This finding is confirmed by regression analysis where various determinants of working capital are used as control variables, and the country dummy for Canada turns out to be negative and highly significant. en_CA
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dc.publisher Atlantic Schools of Business en_CA
dc.subject.lcsh Working capital -- Canada
dc.subject.lcsh Working capital -- United States
dc.title Investing in working capital: a comparison of Canadian and U.S. firms en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
dcterms.bibliographicCitation Proceedings of the 41st Atlantic Schools of Business conference, University of Prince Edward Island, 2011, pp 85-96
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