in cost efficiency. Hence, the improvements in cost efficiency appear to be transferred to bank clients. These changes in … achieve better post-M&A performance. The environmental and bank-characteristics that make a deal successful or unsuccessful …

special focus on bank mergers during the financial crisis of this decade. During this crisis period when many big banks are … event study methodology, we investigate the wealth effect on acquiring banks to understand the market reaction in bank … States and European countries, respectively to the acquiring bank. When we focus on banks with different size and location …