to an executive board is an outsider (an individual without previous employment at the bank) compared to being an insider …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …

problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability … positive effect on cost efficiency. Comparing our results with those obtained from a naive performance comparison of merging …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous …

different banks as being best or worst performers. Our main conclusion is that efficiency studies in general and bank efficiency …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we … employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …

markets) during the financial crisis has affected their provision of funds to their foreign branches and subsidiaries via bank … likely to withdraw bank-internal funds from their branches and subsidiaries located abroad. Among the three events, the … rescue of Bear Stearns triggered the largest contraction on internal capital markets from the part of the parent bank …