This article uses the recent developments in the econometrics of non-stationary dynamic panel data to re-examine the relationship between external and internal performance measures of the firm. A sample of 420 U.S. firms over the period (1990-2004) is used in the empirical analysis. In addition,...

Though overall bank performance from July 2007 to December 2008 was the worst since at least the Great Depression, there is significant variation in the cross-section of stock returns of large banks across the world during that period. We use this variation to evaluate the importance of factors...