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Volume 4 • Issue 1 • PP: 23-27 • 2021

The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange

Nadhira Mahath 1*
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Maha Saad Metawea 2
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1University of Kelaniya, SRI LANKA
2College of Business Administration, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa City, Dakhliya, Egypt
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DOI https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
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Received: March 10, 2021 Accepted: July 11, 2021
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Abstract

There are considerable arguments in favour of and against the positive relationship between free cash flows (FCF) and financial flexibility. The aim of the study is to determine the impact of free cash flows on the financial flexibility of the banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The free cash flow will measure according to the model in Journal of Finance: Agency costs and ownership structure in 2000 and financial flexibility will determine using the financial leverage based on the model captured according to the Accounting Horizons Journal: Financial flexibility and investment decisions in 2007 . The population of the study is the banks listed in the CSE. The sample consists of 60 observations covering 12 banks for a period of over 05 years from 2015 to 2019. The panel regression model has been used to test hypotheses. The results indicate that there is a positive significant relationship between free cash flows and the financial flexibility of the banks listed in CSE.

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Free cash flow Financial flexibility Leverage Free Cash Flows Colombo Stock Exchange

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Mahath, Nadhira, Metawea, Maha Saad. "The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange." American Journal of Business and Operations Research, vol. Volume 4, no. Issue 1, 2021, pp. 23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
Mahath, N., Metawea, M. (2021). The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange. American Journal of Business and Operations Research, Volume 4(Issue 1), 23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
Mahath, Nadhira, Metawea, Maha Saad. "The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange." American Journal of Business and Operations Research Volume 4, no. Issue 1 (2021): 23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
Mahath, N., Metawea, M. (2021) 'The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange', American Journal of Business and Operations Research, Volume 4(Issue 1), pp. 23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
Mahath N, Metawea M. The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange. American Journal of Business and Operations Research. 2021;Volume 4(Issue 1):23-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
N. Mahath, M. Metawea, "The Impact of Free Cash Flows to the Financial Flexibility of the Banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange," American Journal of Business and Operations Research, vol. Volume 4, no. Issue 1, pp. 23-27, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/AJBOR.040102
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