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International Journal of Business and Globalisation

International Journal of Business and Globalisation (IJBG)

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  •   Free full-text access Open AccessEconomic policy uncertainty and corporate finance: a bibliometric review with a focus on cash holdings and financial stability
    ( Free Full-text Access ) CC-BY-NC-ND
    by Ngo Phu Thanh 
    Abstract: This study maps the literature on economic policy uncertainty (EPU), macroeconomic uncertainty and corporate finance, with particular attention to the positioning of cash holdings and financial stability. Using a cleaned Scopus corpus of 347 English-language articles and reviews, reduced from an initial 363 records, the study combines performance analysis and science-mapping techniques to examine publication trends, key contributors, collaboration networks, conceptual clusters, intellectual foundations and emerging research fronts. The findings show a rapidly growing but fragmented field, led mainly by China, the USA and several emerging markets. Conceptually, the literature is organised around macro-level uncertainty and firm-level financial decisions, especially investment, capital structure, risk-taking and financial distress. Cash holdings and liquidity buffers appear in the knowledge base but remain underdeveloped as a distinct research theme. The study identifies cash holdings as a promising agenda for future EPU-corporate finance research.
    Keywords: economic policy uncertainty; macroeconomic uncertainty; corporate finance; cash holdings; financial stability; bibliometric analysis; science mapping.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2026.10080084
     

 

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