Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether bank capital strength and external auditing requirements … across 43 countries by means of generalised least squares regression models. Findings The authors find that mandatory capital … strength requirements and the existence of mandatory audit increase stock market stability across countries. Further, more …

impact on post-acquisition profitability. The results show that acquiring banks' capital strength and cost efficiency are the …

mostly influenced by capital strength, bank size, bank efficiency, the use of derivatives and operating expenses. The study …