The psychological factors of senior executives have an important impact on the financial policies of the company.This paper investigates the impact of CEO adventurous spirit on firm cash holdings,and the results show that firms with higher CEO adventurous spirit have less cash holdings.Further study finds that financing constraints can reduce the negative correlation between CEO adventurous spirit and firm cash holdings,whereas finan-cing needs enhances the correlation between CEO adventurous spirit and firm cash holdings.The mechanism test shows that CEO adventurous spirit influ-ences cash holding level through company investment.Finally,further research finds that CEO adventurous spirit can significantly promote the cash value which is also significantly positively correlated with both accounting performance and market performance.This paper sheds lights on the impact of execu-tive psychological factors on firm financial decisions and has important implications for cash holdings decisions of listed firms.
CEO Adventurous SpiritFinancing ConstraintsFinancing NeedsCash Holdings