acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth, and low-risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and …We analyze the takeover premiums paid for a sample of European bank mergers between 1997 and 2007. We find that … supervision and of deposit insurance regimes in Europe has measurable effects on takeover pricing. Stricter bank regulatory …

This paper studies the impact of European bank mergers and acquisitions on changes in key safety and soundness measures … of both acquirers and targets. We find that capitalization, profitability, and liquidity show signs of statistically and … insurance funding regimes tend to result in positive postmerger changes in liquidity and performance. …

remain. This paper examines whether stricter regulation of incentive compensation is the missing piece needed to reduce risk … to acceptable levels. Unfortunately, this review of the literatures on the relationship of risk to bank chief operating …Although a number of steps have been taken to reduce the risk of financial stability, some significant weaknesses …

credit and interest rate risk, the way it measures bank capital, and the way it creates countercyclical capital buffers …

This paper analyzes the determinants of bank acquisitions both within and across 25 members of the European Union (EU …

primary responsibility for risk management must rest with firms, not government supervisors. Unfortunately, systemic risk … concerns have led governments to shield the private sector from the full losses that dull their incentive to discipline risk …