On the formal foundations of cash management systems

[EN]Cash management aims to find a balance between what is held in cash and what is allocated in other investments in exchange for a given return. Dealing with cash management systems with multiple accounts and different links between is a complex task. Current cash management models provide analyti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Salas-Molina, Francisco, Rodríguez-Aguilar, Juan Antonio, Pla-Santamaría, David, García Bernabeu, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/238905
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/238905
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Finance
Formal reasoning
Graph theory
Multiple accounts
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Sumario:[EN]Cash management aims to find a balance between what is held in cash and what is allocated in other investments in exchange for a given return. Dealing with cash management systems with multiple accounts and different links between is a complex task. Current cash management models provide analytic solutions without exploring the underlying structure of accounts and its main properties. There is a need for a formal definition of cash management systems. In this work, we introduce a formal approach to manage cash with multiple accounts based on graph theory. Our approach allows a formal reasoning on the relation between accounts in cash management systems. A critical part of this formal reasoning is the characterization of desirable and non-desirable cash management policies. Novel theoretical results guide cash managers in the analysis of complex cash management systems.