The paper focuses on the impact of diversification on bank performance and how consolidation through mergers and … indigenous banks, as compared to foreign competitors in the ECCU. We then simulate bank mergers both within and across ECCU … countries by combining individual banks' balance sheets. The simulation shows that a typical indigenous bank could better …

a less efficient allocation of failed banks. Our results provide new insights into the bank resolution process and the …

foreign bank ownership on the performance and market power of acquired banks operating in Central and Eastern Europe. This … investors. We show that during three years after the takeover, banks have become more profitable due to cost minimization and … borrowers in terms of lower lending rates. Previous studies failed to pick up the improvements in performance of takeover banks …