@techreport{NBERw12534, title = "Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash Than They Used To?", author = "Thomas W. Bates and Kathleen M. Kahle and Rene M. Stulz", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "12534", year = "2006", month = "September", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w12534", }