The conflicts of interest between managers and shareholders arising mainly from the separation of ownership and control have been well-documented. One of these conflicts is related to the firm’s cash holdings. Jensen (1986) argues that managers can have incentives to hold large amounts of cash reserves to pursue their own objectives at the expense of those of shareholders. They can, for example, squander funds by consuming perquisites and/or making inefficient investment decisions (Jensen and Meckling, 1976). Moreover, greater cash holdings serve managers’ interests by possibly providing protection against disciplining by external investors.