Detecting and ranking cash flow risk factors via artificial neural networks technique

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• 作者：Mohammad Namazi ; ^{mnamazi@rose.shirazu.ac.ir" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ahmad Shokrolahi ^{Ahmad1sh@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Mohammad Sadeghzadeh Maharluie ^{Mohammad_sadeghzadeh2000@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Free cash flow risks ; Artificial neural networks ; Agency theory ; Investment decisions ; Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
• 刊名：Journal of Business Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：69
• 期：5
• 页码：1801-1806
• 全文大小：804 K

文摘

Jensen (1986) predicts that managers with more free cash flows (FCF) available show an opportunistic behavior, which leads to the emergence of the FCF risk. Consequently, determining the relative importance of factors affecting the FCF risks is vital. The major purpose of this article is testing Jensen's assertion by identifying relative significance of the factors influencing FCF risks via artificial neural network (ANN). In effect, seven independent variables relating to FCF risks including debt policy, ownership concentration, ownership level, managerial ownership, state ownership, size of the firm, and profitability draw on the literature. The study collects 1224 company-year data from Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) for the period 2001–2010. The study applies the Pearson's correlation and a three layer ANN. The results of testing the hypotheses show that, among the preceding 7 factors, profitability is the most important factor in determining FCF risks. Following profitability, the second and third most important factors are the debt policy and size of the company. Consequently, this finding posits a great implication for the stock markets and contradicts Jensen's (1986) study.