I compare the financial performance, growth, asset mix, risk, operational efficiency, profitability and capital holdings of the 20 largest commercial banks in the U.S. and Europe from 2001-2013. U.S. banks earned significantly larger stock returns than their European counterparts in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the literature on the changing perspectives of corporate distribution policy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper synthesizes and interprets the theoretical, empirical and survey‐based research on corporate payout...

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