It is argued that larger firms are more likely to be diversified and thus less likely to experience financial distress (Titman and Wessels, 1988). Ozkan (1996) suggests that smaller firms are more likely to be liquidated when they are in financial distress. Also, smaller firms face more borrowing constraints and higher costs of external financing than larger firms (Whited, 1992; Fazzari and Petersen, 1993, and Kim et al., 1998). The above argument suggests a negative relationship between size and cash holdings of firms.