This paper analyzes the determinants of bank acquisitions both within and across countries in the EU-25 over the period … border bank acquisitions only if compared to the median of the market. Larger banks are more likely to be acquired by other … banks in the same country. The probability of being acquired by another bank in the same market is larger for banks that are …

variation in capital growth associated to the bank-specific historical exposure to real estate development –measured 10 years …

analyse the differential responses, to monetary policy changes, of bank lending by banks with different size, liquidity and … results are mostly against the existence of a bank-lending channel in the period under analysis. This result appears to be …

We analyze the takeover premiums paid for a sample of European bank mergers between 1997 and 2007. We find that … acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth and low risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and … supervision as well as deposit insurance regimes in Europe have measurable effects on takeover pricing. Stricter bank regulatory …