This paper analyses the stochastic behaviour of Private Equity returns (a measure of profitability) applying fractional …

We examine the profitability of cross-ownership in an oligopolistic industry where firms compete as Cournot rivals. We … over to the case of non-renewable resource industries. The profitability of a symmetric cross-ownership can be positive …

. These findings indicate that profitability concerns, while absent from standard theoretical models of central banking, are …

We quantify the impacts of droughts in New Zealand on the profitability of dairy, and sheep and beef farms. Using a …

This paper investigates (i) whether growth and profitability persist in banking firms, (ii) whether the level and … volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …

manage to survive submit to market powers and increase their female workforce over time. -- firm survival ; profitability …

quantitatively large. Our findings suggest that the profitability gap is partly driven by agency costs which arise if value … communication and travel costs over the last decade, the profitability gap is shown to decline over time. Apart from that, our … profitability gap. We discuss various implications of our findings. -- profit distribution ; multinational enterprise ; corporate …

simultaneously risen in most countries. Moreover, the gross profitability of firms seems to be lower in high-tax countries, even …