In this paper examine the impact of the current financial crisis on the performance of banks across 19 countries from Central and Eastern European for the period 2004 – 2010. The period chosen is relevant in the context of the entrance of new ten EU members at the beginning of the year 2004...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the performance of the two categories of banks involved in this operation: the bidder bank and the target bank. Our analysis is performed on the case of M&A operations performed during 2001-2009 across Central and...