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The role of bank advisors in mergers and acquisitions

Allen, Linda (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"This paper looks at the role of both commercial and investment banks in providing merger advisory services. In this … investment banks. In their dual role as lenders and advisors to firms that are the target or the acquirer in a merger, banks can … possible reasons for these different outcomes. First, it is the target firm, not the acquirer, that must be priced in a merger …

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Special issue on the consolidation of the financial services industry . a conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Berger, Allen N. (contributor); … - 1999

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Bank integration and business volatility

Morgan, Donald P. (contributor); Rime, Bertrand (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We investigate how bank migration across state lines over the last quarter century has affected the size and covariance of business fluctuations within states. Starting with a two-state version of the unit banking model in Holmstrom and Triocole (1997), we conclude that the theoretical effect of...

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The execution of monetary policy : a tale of two central banks

Bartolini, Leonardo (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The Eurosystem and the U.S. Federal Reserve System follow quite different approaches to the execution of monetary policy. The former institution adopts a "hands-off" approach that largely delegates to depository institutions the task of stabilizing their own liquidity at high frequency. The...

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Benefits and spillovers of greater competition in Europe : a macroeconomic assessment

Bayoumi, Tamim A. (contributor); Laxton, Douglas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We estimate the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition using a general-equilibrium simulation model with nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and labor markets. We draw three conclusions after calibrating the model to the euro area...

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Menu costs at work : restaurant prices and the introduction of the Euro

Hobijn, Bart (contributor); Ravenna, Federico (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"Restaurant prices in the Euro area saw an unprecedented increase after the introduction of the Euro. We use an extension of commonly used models of sticky prices and argue that the increase in restaurant prices can be explained by menu costs. The extension we use involves the state-dependent...