that banking consolidation has reduced the availability of credit to small businesses. We find that banks in markets where … results suggest that consolidation in the banking industry may have enhanced rather than restricted the availability of credit …

In this study, we examine unsuccessful takeover attempts for new evidence on whether mergers create or destroy value … literature on signaling by investigating whether a takeover attempt signals investors about the quality of firm management as … partially, but not completely, reversed by termination announcement returns, evidence that the merger proposal itself contains …

This article analyzes the profitability of the banks in six European countries between 1994 and 1997. We deal with the … link between profitability and certain external and interns' determinants of European banking system. Following a …

Consolidation in the banking industry has caused concern about the survival of small banks. However, empirical evidence … shows that often small banks are performing better than larger banks in terms of loan growth and profitability. This paper … relationship between loan growth and profitability and credit risk to point out which small banks can continue to be a viable …

This paper tries to address the extent, nature and impact of the recent surge in consolidation strategies especially in … the consolidation strategies followed by the firms enabled them to cut down the wasteful expenses to a greater extent and …