Social trust and corporate financial asset holdings: Evidence from China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, 39 South College Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China;2. School of Finance, Capital University of Economics and Business, 121 Zhangjialukou, Huaxiang Fengtai District, Beijing 100070, China;1. Excelia Group, Excelia Business School, CERIIM, 102 Rue de Coureilles, 17024 La Rochelle, France;2. University Paris-Saclay, UMI SOURCE, UVSQ, IRD, France and Paris School of Business, PSB, 59 Rue Nationale, 75013 Paris, France;3. Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Rabat 11103, Morocco;4. Audencia Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), France;1. School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China;2. School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;3. School of Management, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China;4. Faculty of Business, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta T9S 3A3, Canada;5. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the impact of social trust on firms’ holdings of non-currency financial assets using a large sample of firms in China’s real sector. We find that firms in regions of the high social trust hold fewer financial assets, consistent with the notion that credibility in high-trust regions reduces information asymmetry and transaction cost among market participants. This leads to better access to formal and informal financing and higher profitability for the real economy, eventually depressing firms’ financial asset allocations. We also find that the negative effect of social trust on financial asset holdings is more prominent for private firms and firms with weak internal monitoring from large shareholders, suggesting that corporations rely more on trust in these cases; it is less pronounced when firms are in regions with good legal systems, proving social trust to be a substitute for formal institutions. |
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