The question of whether or not mergers and acquisitions have helped to enhance banks' efficiency and profitability has … problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability … and cost efficiency. We suggest a new matching strategy to control for the selection effects arising from the fact that …

, we find that the operating efficiency of the acquirers decreases around the acquisition, and up to three years after …-price return is not significantly associated with acquirer’s operating efficiency post-acquisition. Therefore, investors should be … merger efficiency gains. …

transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. This paper examines a key feature of this transition – the privatization … primary data from a variety of sources, we study how privatization of listed SOEs affects employment, wages, profits and other … aspects of economic performance at the firm level. Our major finding is that privatization results in substantial downsizing …

. Profitability and efficiency decline in the five years after privatization. Sales grow, capital investment improves, and debt levels … fall after privatization. We argue that the privatizations have been unsuccessful (in terms of profitability and efficiency … as a spur to improve profitability, efficiency, investment, and growth. In contrast to the operating and financial …

aspects of privatization, that has emphasized the potential efficiency gains. Hence, we provide some theoretical reasoning why …The issues of privatization (and sometimes deregulation) have been reviewed in a large literature on the various … privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and …

This paper investigated the structure of the market, efficiency and performance (profitability) of the general … Herfindahl Hirschman Index and the concentration ratio to measure the SCP in addition to computing efficiency as a measure for …

' current income (dividends) is moderated by technical efficiency (te) and profitability. The study employs econometrics on … profitability, efficiency, and dividend distribution choices to ascertain whether the companies' operating effectiveness and … accountability in decisions about dividend distribution, regardless of efficiency and profitability. The study's originality is in …