2014
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2487950
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It's Alive! Corporate Cash and Business Investment

Abstract: Fears of "dead money" lying idle on corporate balance sheets have spurred some policymakers and observers to push for heavier taxation of private activity or greater public-sector investment. Yet such concerns seem misplaced. Business sector investment Canada-wide is growing at roughly the same pace as the economy, and the investment share of output is just above its 30-year average, as is typical of an economic recovery period. Meanwhile, the run-up in cash holdings after the last recession reflects long-term… Show more

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