, that size and profitability have a significant positive effect on cash, stock, and mixed dividend decisions. The decision … not to pay dividends is influenced by low agency costs, high debt, over-liquidity, and excessive investment opportunities …

the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the … literature is expanded by the use of DEA super-efficiency values to regress profitability, the incorporation of risk by …Most previous research on efficiency in banking takes a regulatory perspective. In contrast, this paper investigates …

conventional banking with respect to profitability, efficiency and liquidity. The secondary data from banks of each banking sector …

shares. In addition, banks with greater reliance on fee income generating activities exhibit higher profitability. On the … contrary, the impact of non-deposit funding share on bank profitability is weak. In terms of bank riskiness, the evidence is … consistent with the conjecture that big, cost efficient and capitalized banks are less risky. As in case of bank profitability …

objectives for reserves (liquidity, safety, and return) into objective functions for strategic reserves management. Stochastic … strategic reserves management model is illustrated that trades off expected net returns with costs and liquidity issues related …

lower levels of investment for all firms and decrease efficiency. …

harmed by currency depreciations. The evidence regarding the profitability and financial fragility ratios is consistent with … ones: in Asia firms become more fragile after the crisis and their profitability declines and leverage increases further …