This study evaluates post-acquisition performance adjustments in banks that have been involved in bank acquisitions. Evaluation of post-acquisition changes in productive efficiency, leverage, and portfolio mix are the basis for the analysis. The magnitude and types of performance changes that...

This research uses the Cox proportional hazard model and bank cash flow information to determine whether adding cash flow information will improve current bank failure prediction methods. In two published papers it has been shown that the Cox model performs as well as other models with respect...