problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability …

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … which information costs and regulations hold back merger activity. Our results suggest that banks operating in more … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we … employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … matter of debate. In this paper we suggest a taxonomy as how to evaluate post-merger performance on the basis of cost … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation …

by changes following bank mergers involving Federal Reserve customer banks. This paper evaluates the effect of bank … two or more Reserve Bank customers have resulted in volume losses, especially during the first quarter following the … merger. On average, the estimated cumulative loss of volume during the first five post-merger quarters was 2.6 million checks …