-oriented regime for merger control increases banks' stock prices, whereas it decreases those of non-financial firms. Moreover, bank … merger targets become more profitable and larger. A major determinant of the positive bank returns, after controlling inter … institutional setup for supervisory bank merger reviews. Thus strengthening competition policy in banking may generate positive …

and investigate their short-run share price responses to the formation of 110 M&As and alliances all over the world … protection, accounting standards and capital market development in the partner exchange's country, the higher the merger and …

. Building on earlier US evidence, we examine the impact of strategic similarities between bidders and targets on post-merger …

-oriented regime for merger control increases banks’ stock prices, whereas it decreases those of non-financial firms. Moreover, bank … merger targets become more profitable and larger. A major determinant of the positive bank returns, after controlling inter … institutional setup for supervisory bank merger reviews. Thus strengthening competition policy in banking may generate positive …