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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 897278, 12 pages
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Research Article

An Empirical Study on Listed Company’s Value of Cash Holdings: An Information Asymmetry Perspective

Chuangxia Huang,1,2 Xin Ma,3 and Qiujun Lan4

1School of Mathematics and Computing Science, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
2Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10090, China
3School of Economics and Management, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China
4School of Business, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

Received 22 January 2014; Accepted 8 April 2014; Published 13 May 2014

Academic Editor: Fenghua Wen

Copyright © 2014 Chuangxia Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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