[Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh karakteristik
perusahaan dan board size terhadap cash holding. Model analisis penelitian
menggunakan Fixed Effect Model (FEM). Variabel independen dalam penelitian
ini adalah market-to-book ratio, cash flow, net working capital, firm size,
leverage, dividend payment dan board size. Dan variabel dependen yaitu cash
holding. penelitian ini menggunakan data panel dari 1420 data pengamatan
perusahaan yang telah listing di Bursa Efek Indonesia pada periode 2008-2012.
Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa 1) market-to-book ratio. Cash flow, net
working capital, dan leverage tidak memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap
corporate cash holding 2) firm size, dividend payment dan board size memiliki
pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap corporate cash holding., This research aim to analyze the influence of firm characteristic and board
size to cash holdings. This model research are analyze with Fixed Effect Model
(FEM). The Independent variables in this research are the market-to-book ratio,
cash flow, net working capital, firm size, leverage, dividend payment and board
size. The dependent variabel is cash holding. This study use panel data, the data
used in this research come from the annual financial statements and sustainability
reports of non financial companies listed on the Indonesia stock exchange for the
period 2008-2012, there were 1420 observations of the research sample. the
results showed that : 1) market-to-book ratio, cash flow, net working capital,
and leverage doesn’t have significant effect on corporate cash holding 2) firm
size, dividend payment and board size have significant effect on corporate cash
holding. ]