Cash Holding Adjustment Speed: The Role of Managerial Ability and Moderating Role of Political Connections in Tehran Stock Exchange

Subject Areas : Financial Accounting

Mohammad Gholamrezapoor ¹ , Pouria Kazemi ² , Narjes Amirniya ³

1 - Auditor of Behdad Hesab Aria Institute, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Iran
3 - Department of Accounting, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran

Received: 2021-01-21 Accepted : 2021-04-03 Published : 2022-07-01

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