, with a particular emphasis on bank profitability. Methodologically, it employs two multivariate time series models, namely … alongside a novel bank-level dataset for selected Maltese core banks compiled by merging data from various sources. Forecasting … comprehensive profitability outlook for the Maltese core banking sector. Key findings are summarized as follows: (i) neither of the …

profitability of the merged entity and to stand-alone profits, and we investigate the extent to which this private information makes …

Exploiting the Japanese banking crisis as a laboratory, we provide firm-level evidence on the real effects of bank … investors have similar effects. Moreover, bank mergers engineered to enhance bank stability appear to hurt the borrowers of the …